Desi Arnaz

Acting

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.

Filmography 64

Movies (37)

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020
Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
(archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
1982
Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Self
Salsa
1976
Self (archive footage)
Joys
1976
Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
(archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
Self - Host
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
Fred Mertz
Forever, Darling
1956
Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
Ricky Ricardo
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Self
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Nicky Collini
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
Ricky Ricardo / Self
Holiday in Havana
1949
Carlos Estrada
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
Self
Cuban Pete
1946
Desi Arnaz
Bataan
1943
Felix Ramirez