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