Desi Arnaz
March 2, 1917(69 at death)|Died December 2, 1986
Santiago, Cuba|Acting
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.
Movies (32)
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
7.1
Lucy and Desi
2022
7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020
10.0
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
8.5
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
8.2
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.2
The Escape Artist
1982
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
10.0
Salsa
1976
6.0
Joys
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956
7.1
Forever, Darling
1956
6.5
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
6.9
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
7.7
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953
5.6
Holiday in Havana
1949
5.3
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946
6.0
Cuban Pete
1946
6.5
Bataan
1943
6.0
The Navy Comes Through
1942
6.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.8
Father Takes a Wife
1941
5.9
Too Many Girls
1940
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
TV Shows (23)
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.1
Alice
1976
7.1
Donny & Marie
1976
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
6.9
Ironside
1967
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Tony Awards
1956
9.0
MGM Parade
1955
6.3
December Bride
1954
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
7.6
The Red Skelton Show
1951
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948