People
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.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | 2025-12-28 |
| Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-27 |
| Lucy and Desi as Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-21 |
| My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| I Love Lucy Christmas Special as Ricky | 2016-12-02 |
| Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | 2011-01-01 |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
| Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-25 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy as Self (archive footage) | 2000-12-03 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | 1997-01-01 |
| Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie as Self | 1993-02-14 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| The Escape Artist as Mayor Leon Quiñones | 1982-05-28 |
| CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self | 1976-11-28 |
| Salsa as Self (archive footage) | 1976-08-18 |
| Joys as Self | 1976-03-05 |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television as (archive footage) | 1975-10-24 |
| The Man in the Funny Suit as Self - Host | 1960-04-15 |
| The Bob Hope Chevy Show as Fred Mertz | 1956-10-21 |
| Forever, Darling as Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega | 1956-02-09 |
| Lucy's Really Lost Moments as Ricky Ricardo | 1956-01-01 |
| A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self | 1954-09-28 |
| The Long, Long Trailer as Nicky Collini | 1954-02-19 |
| I Love Lucy: The Movie as Ricky Ricardo | 1953-01-01 |
| Holiday in Havana as Carlos Estrada | 1949-10-01 |
| Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra as Self | 1946-10-12 |
| Cuban Pete as Desi Arnaz | 1946-06-26 |
| Bataan as Felix Ramirez | 1943-06-03 |
| The Navy Comes Through as Pat Tarriba | 1942-10-30 |
| Four Jacks and a Jill as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal | 1942-01-23 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 |
| Father Takes a Wife as Carlos Bardez | 1941-10-03 |
| Too Many Girls as Manuelito Lynch | 1940-10-08 |


