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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
Born: 2 Mar 1917
Died: 2 Dec 1986
Place of birth: Santiago, Cuba

Known for

Saturday Night Live1975
I Love Lucy1951

7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story1996

6.8

Ironside1967

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Director
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A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025
Lucy and Desi2022
My Darling Vivian2020
I Love Lucy Christmas Special2016
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored2011
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005
Judy Garland: By Myself2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy2000
Television: The First Fifty Years1999
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 11997
E! True Hollywood Story1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Season 9
S9E36I Love Lucy
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie1993
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983
The Escape Artist1982
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976
Alice1976
Alice
Season 2
S2E18The Cuban Connection
Salsa1976
Joys1976
Donny & Marie1976
Donny & Marie
Season 2
S2E1Desi Arnaz, Art Linkletter, Arthur Godfrey
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television1975
Saturday Night Live1975
Saturday Night Live
Season 1
S1E14Desi Arnaz with Desi Arnaz Jr.
Land's End1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Season 4
S4E10Episode 10
S4E11Episode 11
The Mothers-in-Law1967
The Mothers-in-Law
Season 1
S1E18The Hombre Who Came to Dinner (1)
S1E19The Hombre Who Came to Dinner (2)
S1E4A Night to Forget
Season 2
S2E7The Matador Makes a Movie
Ironside1967
Ironside
Season 7
S7E22Riddle at 24,000
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Season 15
S15E188Episode 188
S15E46Episode 46
The Virginian1962
The Virginian
Season 9
S9E2The Best Man
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Season 15
S15E128Episode 128
The Man in the Funny Suit1960
NBC Sunday Showcase1959
NBC Sunday Showcase
Season 1
S1E7The Milton Berle Special
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Season 1
S1E1Lucy Goes to Mexico
S1E22Lucy Goes to Alaska
S1E28Lucy Wants A Career
S1E9Lucy Makes Room for Danny
Season 2
S2E10The Desilu Revue
S2E12Thunder in the Night
S2E4So Tender, So Profane
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Season 1
S1E1Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana
S1E2The Celebrity Next Door
S1E3Lucy Hunts Uranium
S1E4Lucy Wins a Racehorse
S1E5Lucy Goes to Sun Valley
Season 2
S2E1Lucy Goes to Mexico
S2E2Lucy Makes Room for Danny
S2E3Lucy Goes to Alaska
S2E4Lucy Wants a Career
S2E5Lucy's Summer Vacation
Season 3
S3E1Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardo's
S3E2The Ricardos Go to Japan
S3E3Lucy Meets the Moustache
The Bob Hope Chevy Show1956
Tony Awards1956
Tony Awards
Season 10
S10E1The 19th Annual Tony Awards
Forever, Darling1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments1956
MGM Parade1955
MGM Parade
Season 1
S1E22Episode 22
December Bride1954
December Bride
Season 2
S2E20Sunken Den
A Star Is Born World Premiere1954
The Long, Long Trailer1954
I Love Lucy: The Movie1953
I Love Lucy1951
I Love Lucy
Season 1
S1E1The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub
S1E10Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer
S1E11Drafted
S1E12The Adagio
S1E13The Benefit
S1E14The Amateur Hour
S1E15Lucy Plays Cupid
S1E16Lucy Fakes Illness
S1E17Lucy Writes a Play
S1E18Breaking the Lease
S1E19The Ballet
S1E2Be a Pal
S1E20The Young Fans
S1E21New Neighbors
S1E22Fred and Ethel Fight
S1E23The Moustache
S1E24The Gossip
S1E25Pioneer Women
S1E26The Marriage License
S1E27The Kleptomaniac
S1E28Cuban Pals
S1E29The Freezer
S1E3The Diet
S1E30Lucy Does a TV Commercial
S1E31The Publicity Agent
S1E32Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio
S1E33Lucy's Schedule
S1E34Ricky Thinks He Is Getting Bald
S1E35Ricky Asks for a Raise
S1E4Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her
S1E5The Quiz Show
S1E6The Audition
S1E7The Séance
S1E8Men Are Messy
S1E9The Fur Coat
Season 2
S2E13Lucy Hires an English Tutor
S2E16Lucy Goes to the Hospital
S2E17Sales Resistance
S2E21Lucy Changes Her Mind
S2E23Lucy Hires a Maid
S2E27Lucy Is Matchmaker
S2E29The Camping Trip
S2E3The Anniversary Present
S2E30Ricky and Fred are TV Fans
S2E31Never Do Business With Friends
S2E4The Handcuffs
S2E5The Operetta
S2E7The Courtroom
S2E8Redecorating
Season 3
S3E15The Charm School
S3E16Sentimental Anniversary
S3E17Fan Magazine Interview
S3E18Oil Wells
S3E28Tennessee Ernie Visits
S3E4Equal Rights
S3E9Too Many Crooks
Season 4
S4E1The Business Manager
S4E16L.A. at Last
S4E20The Hedda Hopper Story
S4E22Bull Fight Dance
S4E26In Palm Springs
S4E7Lucy's Mother-in-Law
S4E8Ethel's Birthday
S4E9Ricky's Contract
Season 5
S5E10Ricky's European Booking
S5E11The Passports
S5E13Bon Voyage
S5E14Second Honeymoon
S5E15Lucy Meets the Queen
S5E18Paris at Last
S5E19Lucy Meets Charles Boyer
S5E22Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy
S5E23Lucy's Italian Movie
S5E24Lucy's Bicycle Trip
S5E25Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo
S5E26Return Home from Europe
S5E5The Great Train Robbery
S5E8Lucy Goes to a Rodeo
S5E9Nursery School
Season 6
S6E1Lucy and Bob Hope
S6E12Lucy and the Loving Cup
S6E13Lucy and Superman
S6E14Little Ricky Gets a Dog
S6E17Lucy Misses the Mertzes
S6E18Lucy Gets Chummy With the Neighbors
S6E19Lucy Raises Chickens
S6E20Lucy Does the Tango
S6E21Ragtime Band
S6E22Lucy's Night in Town
S6E24Building a B.B.Q.
S6E25Country Club Dance
S6E26Lucy Raises Tulips
S6E3Lucy Meets Orson Welles
S6E4Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright
S6E5Visitor from Italy
S6E7Deep Sea Fishing
S6E8Desert Island
S6E9The Ricardos Visit Cuba
The Red Skelton Show1951
The Red Skelton Show
Season 10
S10E15Pantomime Concert
The Bob Hope Show1950
The Bob Hope Show
Season 7
S7E1Episode 1
Season 26
S26E3Joys: A Comedy Whodunit
What's My Line?1950
The Ed Wynn Show1949
The Ed Wynn Show
Season 1
S1E14Episode 14
Holiday in Havana1949
The Emmy Awards1949
The Emmy Awards
Season 4
S4E1The 4th Annual Emmy Awards
Season 9
S9E1The 9th Annual Emmy Awards
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Season 7
S7E23The M-G-M Story with Fred Astaire & Jane Powell
Season 8
S8E4Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Season 9
S9E2Nat King Cole / Fanny cast / Josh Logan
S9E20Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Rodgers & Hammerstein / Orson Welles / Ames Brothers
S9E408th Anniversary: Harry Belafonte; Shelley Winters; Gregory Peck; Phil Silvers
Season 10
S10E2Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie / Joyce Grenfell
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra1946
Cuban Pete1946
Bataan1943
The Navy Comes Through1942
Four Jacks and a Jill1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 21941
Father Takes a Wife1941
Too Many Girls1940
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
The Time Element