Acting credits
53
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Desi Arnaz
Acting
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Movies: 37Series: 29Crew credits: 18
TMDB ID: 91711
IMDb ID: nm0000789
Known for: Acting
Born: March 2, 1917
Died: December 2, 1986
Age: 69
Place of birth: Santiago, Cuba
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1940 - 2025
Years active: 86
Average TMDB rating: 7.05
Wikidata: Q472535
Other jobs
Executive Producer (6)Producer (6)Director (4)Executive In Charge Of Production (1)Producer's Assistant (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Desi Arnaz.
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020 • Movie
as Ricky
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016 • Movie
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011 • Movie
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 • Movie
as (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 • Movie
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997 • Movie
as Self
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Movie
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
The Escape Artist
1982 • Movie
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Salsa
1976 • Movie
as Self
Joys
1976 • Movie
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Movie
as Host (himself)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
Movie
Executive Producer
Star Trek: The Cage
1965 • Movie
Executive Producer
Surf Scene
1963 • Movie
Executive Producer
Dragon by the Tail
1961 • Movie
Executive Producer
The Fountain of Youth
1958 • Movie
Producer
Strange Witness
1958 • Movie
as Fred Mertz
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956 • Movie
as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega
Forever, Darling
1956 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Desi Arnaz.
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 • Series
as Ruth • 1 eps
Alice
1976 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Donny & Marie
1976 • Series
as Self - Host & Musical Guest • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Self (uncredited) • 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 • Series
as Raphael Delgado • 4 eps
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 • Series
as Dr. Juan Domingo • 1 eps
Ironside
1967 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
Director • 1 eps
The Lucy Show
1962 • Series
as El Jefe • 1 eps
The Virginian
1962 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Guestward, Ho!
1960 • Series
7 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 • Series
Producer • 93 eps
The Ann Sothern Show
1958 • Series
Producer • 78 eps
The Texan
1958 • Series
Executive Producer • 8 eps
Colgate Theatre
1958 • Series
as Ricky Ricardo • 13 eps
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 • Series
Producer • 38 eps
The Walter Winchell File
1957 • Series
Producer's Assistant • 1 eps
U.S. Marshall
1956 • Series
as Self - Performer • 1 eps
Tony Awards
1956 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
MGM Parade
1955 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
December Bride
1954 • Series
Executive Producer • 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
1952 • Series
as Ricky Ricardo • 180 eps
I Love Lucy
1951 • Series