Acting · Santiago, Cuba · Born March 2, 1917
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.
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLucy and Desi
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMy Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieI Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
as Ricky
MovieClassic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
MovieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
MovieThe Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieLucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
as Self
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Escape Artist
1982
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
MovieCBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
TVAlice
1976
as Ruth
MovieSalsa
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJoys
1976
as Self
TVDonny & Marie
1976
as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
Land's End
1968
as Guest Waiting to Cash Check
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Raphael Delgado
TVIronside
1967
as Dr. Juan Domingo
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as El Jefe
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960
as Self - Host
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
as Ricky Ricardo
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Ricky Ricardo
MovieThe Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
as Fred Mertz
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MovieForever, Darling
1956
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
MovieLucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
as Ricky Ricardo
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
TVDecember Bride
1954
as Self
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MovieThe Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Nicky Collini
MovieI Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
as Ricky Ricardo / Self
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Ricky Ricardo
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
as Self
MovieHoliday in Havana
1949
as Carlos Estrada
TVThe Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieDesi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
as Self
MovieCuban Pete
1946
as Desi Arnaz
MovieBataan
1943
as Felix Ramirez
MovieThe Navy Comes Through
1942
as Pat Tarriba
MovieFour Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
MovieFather Takes a Wife
1941
as Carlos Bardez
MovieToo Many Girls
1940
as Manuelito
MovieThe Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
MovieWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
as Host (himself)
