
About
Desi Arnaz
Overview
Desi Arnaz 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
Acting |
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2022 | Lucy and Desi | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2020 | My Darling Vivian | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2018 | Haunted Homes of Hollywood | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas Special | Actor | Ricky | 59 Average |
2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Actor | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Actor | Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Actor | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1997 | The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1982 | The Escape Artist | Actor | Mayor Leon Quiñones | 58 Average |
1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1976 | Salsa | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1976 | Joys | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1968 | Land's End | Actor | Guest Waiting to Cash Check | N/A N/A |
1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Actor | Ricky Ricardo | 72 Good |
1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Actor | Fred Mertz | N/A N/A |
1956 | Forever, Darling | Actor | Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega | 58 Average |
1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Actor | Ricky Ricardo | 59 Average |
1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Actor | Nicky Collini | 59 Average |
1953 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Actor | Ricky Ricardo | 59 Average |
1951 | I Love Lucy | Actor | Ricky Ricardo | 77 Good |
1949 | Holiday in Havana | Actor | Carlos Estrada | 58 Average |
1946 | Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1946 | Cuban Pete | Actor | Desi Arnaz | 59 Average |
1943 | Bataan | Actor | Felix Ramirez | 58 Average |
1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Actor | Pat Tarriba | 58 Average |
1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Actor | Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal | 59 Average |
1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Actor | 59 Average |
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1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Actor | Carlos Bardez | 59 Average |
1940 | Too Many Girls | Actor | Manuelito Lynch | 58 Average |
Directing |
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1968 | Land's End | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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1968 | Land's End | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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1968 | Land's End | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
1966 | Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
1966 | The Carol Channing Show | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1965 | Star Trek: The Cage | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
1963 | Surf Scene | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
1961 | Dragon by the Tail | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Ann Sothern Show | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
1958 | The Texan | Production | Producer | 68 Fair |
1958 | The Fountain of Youth | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1958 | Strange Witness | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Production | Executive Producer | 72 Good |
1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
1951 | I Love Lucy | Production | Producer | 77 Good |