Desi Arnaz

March 2, 1917 · Santiago, Cuba

Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer.

While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, starring with then-wife Lucille Ball.

Often works with

Lucille Ball
8 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Long, Long Trailer, The Lucy Show
Vivian Vance
4 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
William Frawley
3 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Keith Thibodeaux
2 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Kathryn Card
2 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Mary Jane Croft
2 titles together
I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show

Full filmography · 33

The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
cast
Upcoming
The Time Element
as Host
Upcoming
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Ricky
2016
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2011
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
2005
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
cast
1997
The Escape Artist
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
19826.2
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Fred Mertz
1956
Forever, Darling
as Lorenzo Xavier Vega
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ricky Ricardo and Director and Writer
1956
The Long, Long Trailer
as Nicholas Collini
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