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Desi Arnaz

Born 1917-03-02
Santiago, Cuba

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.

Known For

5.0

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

2025 · Movie

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

7.1

Lucy and Desi

2022 · Movie

7.1

My Darling Vivian

2020 · Movie

10.0

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016 · Movie

2.0

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

2011 · Movie

7.2

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005 · Movie

8.3

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004 · Movie

5.3

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004 · Movie

7.0

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000 · Movie

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999 · Movie

8.5

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1

1997 · Movie

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

1996 · TV Show

8.2

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

1993 · Movie

7.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983 · Movie

6.2

The Escape Artist

1982 · Movie

7.2

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

1976 · Movie

7.0

Alice

1976 · TV Show

10.0

Salsa

1976 · Movie

6.0

Joys

1976 · Movie

6.8

Donny & Marie

1976 · TV Show

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975 · Movie

6.9

Saturday Night Live

1975 · TV Show

10.0

Land's End

1968 · TV Show

6.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 · TV Show

6.0

The Mothers-in-Law

1967 · TV Show

6.8

Ironside

1967 · TV Show

7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · TV Show

6.5

The Virginian

1962 · TV Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · TV Show

The Man in the Funny Suit

1960 · Movie

5.0

NBC Sunday Showcase

1959 · TV Show

6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958 · TV Show

8.6

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957 · TV Show

The Bob Hope Chevy Show

1956 · Movie

Tony Awards

1956 · TV Show

6.9

Forever, Darling

1956 · Movie

6.5

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

1956 · Movie

7.5

MGM Parade

1955 · TV Show

6.2

December Bride

1954 · TV Show

8.0

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954 · Movie

7.0

The Long, Long Trailer

1954 · Movie

7.7

I Love Lucy: The Movie

1953 · Movie

7.9

I Love Lucy

1951 · TV Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · TV Show

7.0

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · TV Show

7.0

What's My Line?

1950 · TV Show

7.7

The Ed Wynn Show

1949 · TV Show

5.6

Holiday in Havana

1949 · Movie

7.9

The Emmy Awards

1949 · TV Show

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · TV Show

5.4

Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra

1946 · Movie

6.0

Cuban Pete

1946 · Movie

6.4

Bataan

1943 · Movie

6.0

The Navy Comes Through

1942 · Movie

6.5

Four Jacks and a Jill

1942 · Movie

7.0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941 · Movie

6.8

Father Takes a Wife

1941 · Movie

5.9

Too Many Girls

1940 · Movie

The Time Element

— · Movie

The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special

— · Movie

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode

— · Movie

Full Filmography

62 titles, newest first

5.0

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

2025 · Movie

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

7.1

Lucy and Desi

2022 · Movie

7.1

My Darling Vivian

2020 · Movie

10.0

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016 · Movie

2.0

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

2011 · Movie

7.2

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005 · Movie

8.3

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004 · Movie