
Acting
Born March 2, 1917 · Santiago, 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.
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

Lucy and Desi
2022

My Darling Vivian
2020

I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005

Judy Garland: By Myself
2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

The Escape Artist
1982

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976

Salsa
1976

Joys
1976

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
The Man in the Funny Suit
1960

The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956

Forever, Darling
1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956

A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954

The Long, Long Trailer
1954

I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953

Holiday in Havana
1949

Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946

Cuban Pete
1946

Bataan
1943

The Navy Comes Through
1942

Four Jacks and a Jill
1942

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941

Father Takes a Wife
1941

Too Many Girls
1940