About
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
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music2025 · Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi2022 · Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian2020 · Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special2016 · Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored2011 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself2004 · Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004 · (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy2000 · Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 11997
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie1993 · Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist1982 · Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976 · Self
Salsa1976 · Self (archive footage)
Joys1976 · Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television1975 · (archive footage)
The Man in the Funny Suit1960 · Self - Host