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Desi Arnaz

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.

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Actor

1940

[ ] Too Many Girls (Manuelito Lynch)

1941

[ ] Father Takes a Wife (Carlos Bardez)
[ ] Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (????)

1942

[ ] The Navy Comes Through (Pat Tarriba)
[ ] Four Jacks and a Jill (Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal)

1943

[ ] Bataan (Felix Ramirez)

1946

[ ] Cuban Pete (Desi Arnaz)
[ ] Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (Self)

1949

[ ] Holiday in Havana (Carlos Estrada)

1953

[ ] I Love Lucy: The Movie (Ricky Ricardo)

1954

[ ] The Long, Long Trailer (Nicky Collini)
[ ] A Star Is Born World Premiere (Self)

1956

[ ] Forever, Darling (Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega)
[ ] Lucy's Really Lost Moments (Ricky Ricardo)
[ ] The Bob Hope Chevy Show (Fred Mertz)

1960

[ ] The Man in the Funny Suit (Self - Host)

1975

[ ] Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television ((archive footage))

1976

[ ] CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (Self)
[ ] Joys (Self)
[ ] Salsa (Self (archive footage))

1982

[ ] The Escape Artist (Mayor Leon Quiñones)

1983

[ ] Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

1993

[ ] Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (Self)

1997

[ ] The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 (????)

1999

[ ] Television: The First Fifty Years (Ricky Ricardo (archive footage))

2000

[ ] Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (Self (archive footage))

2004

[ ] TV in Black: The First Fifty Years ((archive footage))
[ ] Judy Garland: By Myself (Self (archive footage))

2005

[ ] Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage))

2011

[ ] Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (Ricky Ricardo (archive footage))

2016

[ ] I Love Lucy Christmas Special (Ricky)

2020

[ ] My Darling Vivian (Self (archive footage))

2022

[ ] Lucy and Desi (Self (archive footage))

2025

[ ] Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (Self (archive footage))
[ ] A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music (Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage))

????

[ ] The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special (????)

Production

1956

[ ] Lucy's Really Lost Moments (Producer)

1958

[ ] The Fountain of Youth (Executive Producer)
[ ] Strange Witness (Producer)

1960

[ ] The Man in the Funny Suit (Producer)

1961

[ ] Dragon by the Tail (Executive Producer)
[ ] Alcatraz Express (Executive Producer)

1963

[ ] Surf Scene (Executive Producer)

1965

[ ] Star Trek: The Cage (Executive Producer)

Directing

1956

[ ] Lucy's Really Lost Moments (Director)

Writing

1956

[ ] Lucy's Really Lost Moments (Writer)