Acting
Desi Arnaz
Born 2 March 1917 in Santiago, Cuba · Died 2 December 1986
88 credits
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
Acting 54
- TBAThe Time ElementFilmHost
- TBAThe Lucy-Desi Milton Berle SpecialFilm
- TBAWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette EpisodeFilmHost (himself)
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2025A Grammy Celebration of Latin MusicFilmSelf/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
- 2022Lucy and DesiFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020My Darling VivianFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2016I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialFilmRicky
- 2011Classic TV Bloopers UncensoredFilmRicky Ricardo (archive footage)
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilmManuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
- 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsFilm(archive footage)
- 2004Judy Garland: By MyselfFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsFilmRicky Ricardo (archive footage)
- 1997The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1Film
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
- 1993Lucy and Desi: A Home MovieFilmSelf
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982The Escape ArtistFilmMayor Leon Quiñones
- 1976AliceSeriesRuth
- 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsFilmSelf
- 1976JoysFilmSelf
- 1976SalsaFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on TelevisionFilm(archive footage)
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeriesSelf, Self (uncredited)
- 1968Land's EndSeriesGuest Waiting to Cash Check
- 1967IronsideSeriesDr. Juan Domingo
- 1967The Mothers-in-LawSeriesRaphael Delgado
- 1962The VirginianSeriesEl Jefe
- 1960The Man in the Funny SuitFilmSelf - Host
- 1959NBC Sunday ShowcaseSeriesRicky Ricardo
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourSeriesRicky Ricardo
- 1956Forever, DarlingFilmLorenzo Xavier Vega
- 1956Lucy's Really Lost MomentsFilmRicky Ricardo
- 1956The Bob Hope Chevy ShowFilmFred Mertz
- 1955MGM ParadeSeriesSelf
- 1954The Long, Long TrailerFilmNicholas Collini
- 1954December BrideSeriesSelf
- 1954A Star Is Born World PremiereFilmSelf
- 1953I Love Lucy: The MovieFilmRicky Ricardo / Self
- 1951I Love LucySeriesRicky Ricardo
- 1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf
- 1949The Emmy AwardsSeriesSelf
- 1949The Ed Wynn ShowSeriesSelf
- 1949Holiday in HavanaFilmCarlos Estrada
- 1946Desi Arnaz and His OrchestraFilmSelf
- 1946Cuban PeteFilmDesi Arnaz
- 1943BataanFilmFelix Ramirez
- 1942The Navy Comes ThroughFilmPat Tarriba
- 1942Four Jacks and a JillFilmSteve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
- 1941Father Takes a WifeFilmCarlos Bardez
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2Film
- 1940Too Many GirlsFilmManuelito
Directing 8
Writing 2
Created 2
Production 22
- 1968Land's EndSeriesProducer
- 1967The Mothers-in-LawSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1966The Carol Channing ShowSeriesProducer
- 1965Star Trek: The CageFilmExecutive Producer
- 1963Surf SceneFilmExecutive Producer
- 1962The Lucy ShowSeriesProducer
- 1961Alcatraz ExpressFilmExecutive Producer
- 1961Dragon by the TailFilmExecutive Producer
- 1960The Man in the Funny SuitFilmProducer
- 1960The Gun of ZangaraFilmExecutive Producer
- 1958The TexanSeriesProducer
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeriesExecutive In Charge Of Production
- 1958U.S. MarshallSeriesExecutive Producer, Producer's Assistant
- 1958The Fountain of YouthFilmExecutive Producer
- 1958The Ann Sothern ShowSeriesProducer
- 1958Colgate TheatreSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1958Strange WitnessFilmProducer
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourSeriesExecutive Producer, Producer
- 1957The Walter Winchell FileSeriesProducer
- 1956Lucy's Really Lost MomentsFilmProducer
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeriesExecutive Producer
- 1951I Love LucySeriesProducer
Filmography from TMDB.