Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 2, 1917
Died
December 2, 1986
Age
69
Place of Birth
Santiago, Cuba
Popularity
1.1
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.
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Known For
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV
0.0
Tony Awards
1956 · TV
6.9
Ironside
1967 · TV
7.0
Alice
1976 · TV
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · TV
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962 · TV
6.5
The Virginian
1962 · TV
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951 · TV
7.0
What's My Line?
1950 · TV
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV
Filmography
2025
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Movie · Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
5.0
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.7
2022
Lucy and Desi
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.0
2020
My Darling Vivian
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.1
2016
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Movie · Ricky
10.0
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2.0
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
7.2
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.3
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie · (archive footage)
5.3
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.0
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
0.0
1997
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Movie
8.5
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
8.1
1993
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie · Self
8.2
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0
1982
The Escape Artist
Movie · Mayor Leon Quiñones
6.2
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie · Self
7.3
1976
Alice
TV · Ruth
7.0
1976
Salsa
Movie · Self (archive footage)
10.0
1976
Joys
Movie · Self
6.0
1976
Donny & Marie
TV · Self
6.8
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie · (archive footage)
0.0
1975
Saturday Night Live
TV · Self - Host & Musical Guest
6.9
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The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie
0.0