Desi Arnaz
Acting
1917-03-02 · 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
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025 · Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
Lucy and Desi
2022 · Movie
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Movie
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016 · Movie
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011 · Movie
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Movie
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Movie
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Movie
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
The Escape Artist
1982 · Movie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 · Movie
Alice
1976 · Series
Salsa
1976 · Movie
Joys
1976 · Movie
Donny & Marie
1976 · Series
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Land's End
1968 · Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Carol Channing Show
1966 · Series
Star Trek: The Cage
1965 · Movie
Surf Scene
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Dragon by the Tail
1961 · Movie
Alcatraz Express
1961 · Movie
Guestward, Ho!
1960 · Series
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960 · Movie
The Gun of Zangara
1960 · Movie
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959 · Series
U.S. Marshall
1958 · Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
The Ann Sothern Show
1958 · Series
The Texan
1958 · Series
The Fountain of Youth
1958 · Movie
Colgate Theatre
1958 · Series
Strange Witness
1958 · Movie
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Forever, Darling
1956 · Movie
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
December Bride
1954 · Series
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Movie
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Ed Wynn Show
1949 · Series
Holiday in Havana
1949 · Movie
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946 · Movie
Cuban Pete
1946 · Movie
Bataan
1943 · Movie
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Movie
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941 · Movie
Father Takes a Wife
1941 · Movie
Too Many Girls
1940 · Movie
The Time Element
Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
Movie
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie