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Desi Arnaz
Born 1917-03-02Santiago, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
A Grammy Celebration of Latin MusicSelf/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage)My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialRickyClassic TV Bloopers UncensoredRicky Ricardo (archive footage)Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsManuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage)TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(archive footage)Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)Television: The First Fifty YearsRicky Ricardo (archive footage)The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1RoleLucy and Desi: A Home MovieSelfHollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)The Escape ArtistMayor Leon QuiñonesCBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelfSalsaSelf (archive footage)JoysSelfTexaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage)The Man in the Funny SuitSelf - HostThe Bob Hope Chevy ShowFred MertzForever, DarlingLorenzo Xavier VegaLucy's Really Lost MomentsRicky RicardoA Star Is Born World PremiereSelf