Desi Arnaz

Actor

Born: March 2, 1917
Died: December 2, 1986 (age 69)
From: 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.

Filmography (36)

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music (2025)
Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi (2022)
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special (2016)
Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
(archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 (1997)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist (1982)
Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
Self
Salsa (1976)
Self (archive footage)
Joys (1976)
Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
(archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit
The Man in the Funny Suit (1960)
Self - Host
The Bob Hope Chevy Show (1956)
Fred Mertz
Forever, Darling (1956)
Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956)
Director
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
Self
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Nicky Collini
I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
Ricky Ricardo / Self
Holiday in Havana (1949)
Carlos Estrada
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (1946)
Self
Cuban Pete (1946)
Desi Arnaz
Bataan (1943)
Felix Ramirez