Desi Arnaz
- Acting
- March 2, 1917 · Santiago, Cuba
- December 2, 1986
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music · Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Lucy and Desi · Self
- My Darling Vivian · Self
- I Love Lucy Christmas Special · Ricky
- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards · Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
- Judy Garland: By Myself · Self
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · (archive footage)
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy · Self
- Television: The First Fifty Years · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
- The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- The Escape Artist · Mayor Leon Quiñones
- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years · Self
- Alice · Ruth
- Salsa · Self
- Joys · Self
- Donny & Marie · Self
- Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television · (archive footage)
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Land's End · Guest Waiting to Cash Check, Writer
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- The Mothers-in-Law · Raphael Delgado, Director
- Ironside · Dr. Juan Domingo
- The Carol Channing Show · Producer, Director
- Star Trek: The Cage · Executive producer
- Surf Scene · Executive producer
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Lucy Show · Director, Producer
- The Virginian · El Jefe
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Dragon by the Tail · Executive producer
- Alcatraz Express · Executive producer
- Guestward, Ho! · Director
- The Man in the Funny Suit · Self, Producer
- The Gun of Zangara · Executive producer
- NBC Sunday Showcase · Ricky Ricardo, Director
- U.S. Marshall · Producer's Assistant, Executive producer
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · Executive In Charge Of Production, Creator
- The Ann Sothern Show · Producer
- The Texan · Producer
- The Fountain of Youth · Executive producer
- Colgate Theatre · Executive producer
- Strange Witness · Producer
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour · Ricky Ricardo, Director
- The Walter Winchell File · Producer
- The Bob Hope Chevy Show · Fred Mertz
- Tony Awards · Self
- Forever, Darling · Lorenzo Xavier Vega
- Lucy's Really Lost Moments · Ricky Ricardo, Producer
- MGM Parade · Self
- December Bride · Self
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · Self
- The Long, Long Trailer · Nicholas Collini
- I Love Lucy: The Movie · Ricky Ricardo / Self
- Cavalcade of America · Executive producer
- I Love Lucy · Ricky Ricardo, Producer
- The Red Skelton Show · Self
- The Bob Hope Show · Self
- What's My Line? · Self
- The Ed Wynn Show · Self
- Holiday in Havana · Carlos Estrada
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra · Self
- Cuban Pete · Desi Arnaz
- Bataan · Felix Ramirez
- The Navy Comes Through · Pat Tarriba
- Four Jacks and a Jill · Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Father Takes a Wife · Carlos Bardez
- Too Many Girls · Manuelito
- The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode · Host (himself)
- The Time Element · Host