Personal Info
Birthday
March 2, 1917
Place of Birth
Santiago, Cuba
Known For
Acting
Desi Arnaz
Biography
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.
Directed Movies (5)
Acting Filmography (54)
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie2025
7.1
Lucy and Desi
Movie2022
7.1
My Darling Vivian
Movie2020
10.0
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Movie2016
No Backdrop
2.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie2011
No Backdrop
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie2005
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie2004
No Backdrop
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie2004
No Backdrop
8.5
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Movie1997
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
No Backdrop
8.2
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie1993
No Backdrop
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie1983
6.2
The Escape Artist
Movie1982
No Backdrop
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie1976
7.0
Alice
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
10.0
Salsa
Movie1976
No Backdrop
6.0
Joys
Movie1976
6.8
Donny & Marie
TV Series1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV Series1968
6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
TV Series1967
6.9
Ironside
TV Series1967
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
No Backdrop
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV Series1958
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV Series1957
No Backdrop
0.0
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
6.9
Forever, Darling
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.5
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Movie1956
7.5
MGM Parade
TV Series1955
No Backdrop
6.3
December Bride
TV Series1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie1954
6.9
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie1954
7.7
I Love Lucy: The Movie
Movie1953
7.9
I Love Lucy
TV Series1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
TV Series1951
No Backdrop
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
TV Series1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
5.6
Holiday in Havana
Movie1949
7.9
The Emmy Awards
TV Series1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
No Backdrop
5.4
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Movie1946
6.0
Cuban Pete
Movie1946
6.4
Bataan
Movie1943
6.0
The Navy Comes Through
Movie1942
6.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie1942
No Backdrop
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie1941
6.8
Father Takes a Wife
Movie1941
5.9
Too Many Girls
Movie1940
No Backdrop
0.0
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
MovieN/A
0.0
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
MovieN/A
No Backdrop
0.0
The Time Element
MovieN/A