Actor
· Acting
Desi Arnaz
Born 1917-03-02
Died 1986-12-02
📍 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 55
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
2022
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
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
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self
1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Escape Artist
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
1982
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
Alice
1976
Salsa
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Joys
as Self
1976
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
The Mothers-in-Law
as Raphael Delgado
1967
Ironside
as Dr. Juan Domingo
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Virginian
as El Jefe
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Ricky Ricardo
1957
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Fred Mertz
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
Forever, Darling
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ricky Ricardo
1956
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
December Bride
as Self
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
as Nicky Collini
1954
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Ricky Ricardo
1953
I Love Lucy
as Ricky Ricardo
1951
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
Holiday in Havana
as Carlos Estrada
1949
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
as Self
1946
Cuban Pete
as Desi Arnaz
1946
Bataan
as Felix Ramirez
1943
The Navy Comes Through
as Pat Tarriba
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Carlos Bardez
1941
Too Many Girls
as Manuelito Lynch
1940
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special