Desi Arnaz
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Ironside
Dr. Juan Domingo
1967
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
Alice
Ruth
1976
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
Series
The Virginian
El Jefe
1962
Series
I Love Lucy
Ricky Ricardo
1951
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
December Bride
Self
1954
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Series
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Series
The Mothers-in-Law
Raphael Delgado
1967
Series
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Ricky Ricardo
1957
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
Lucy and Desi
Self (archive footage)
2022
NBC Sunday Showcase
Ricky Ricardo
1959
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
1949
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Television: The First Fifty Years
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
1999
Film
The Long, Long Trailer
Nicholas Collini
1954
Film
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2011
Film
Joys
Self
1976
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2025
Film
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
2004
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
2005
Film
Bataan
Felix Ramirez
1943
Film
The Escape Artist
Mayor Leon Quiñones
1982
Film
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Land's End
Guest Waiting to Cash Check
1968
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Film
Salsa
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Four Jacks and a Jill
Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
1942
Film
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Self
1993
Film
Forever, Darling
Lorenzo Xavier Vega
1956
Film
The Navy Comes Through
Pat Tarriba
1942
Film
Too Many Girls
Manuelito
1940
The Man in the Funny Suit
Self - Host
1960
Film
The Time Element
Host
Film
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Ricky
2016
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
1975
Film
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Ricky Ricardo
1956
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Film
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Ricky Ricardo / Self
1953
Film
Cuban Pete
Desi Arnaz
1946
Film
Holiday in Havana
Carlos Estrada
1949
Film
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Film
Father Takes a Wife
Carlos Bardez
1941
Film
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Fred Mertz
1956
Film
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Film
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Self
1946
Film
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
Host (himself)