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.
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicMovieas Self (archive footage)2022Lucy and DesiMovieas Self (archive footage)
2020My Darling VivianMovieas Self (archive footage)
2016I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialMovieas Ricky
2011Classic TV Bloopers UncensoredMovieas Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsMovieas Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
2004Judy Garland: By MyselfMovieas Self (archive footage)
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsMovieas (archive footage)
1997The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1Movie1996E! True Hollywood StoryTV show1 episodes
1993Lucy and Desi: A Home MovieMovieas Self
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovieas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1982The Escape ArtistMovieas Mayor Leon Quiñones
1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsMovieas Self1976AliceTV showas Ruth · 1 episodes
1976SalsaMovieas Self (archive footage)
1976JoysMovieas Self
1976Donny & MarieTV showas Self · 1 episodes1975Saturday Night LiveTV showas Self - Host & Musical Guest · 1 episodes1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV showas Self (uncredited) · as Self · 1 episodes
1967The Mothers-in-LawTV showas Raphael Delgado · Director · Executive Producer · 56 episodes1967IronsideTV showas Dr. Juan Domingo · 1 episodes
1965Star Trek: The CageMovieExecutive Producer
1963Surf SceneMovieExecutive Producer1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV showas Self · 2 episodes
1962The Lucy ShowTV showDirector · Producer · 30 episodes1962The VirginianTV showas El Jefe · 1 episodes1961The Mike Douglas ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1961Dragon by the TailMovieExecutive Producer
1960Guestward, Ho!TV showDirector · 1 episodes
1958U.S. MarshallTV showProducer's Assistant · Executive Producer · 1 episodes
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseTV showExecutive In Charge Of Production · Creator · 7 episodes
1958The Ann Sothern ShowTV showProducer · 93 episodes
1958The TexanTV showProducer · 78 episodes
1958The Fountain of YouthMovieExecutive Producer
1958Colgate TheatreTV showExecutive Producer · 8 episodes
1958Strange WitnessMovieProducer1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourTV showas Ricky Ricardo · Director · Producer · Executive Producer · 13 episodes
1957The Walter Winchell FileTV showProducer · 38 episodes
1956The Bob Hope Chevy ShowMovieas Fred Mertz
1956Tony AwardsTV showas Self - Performer · 1 episodes
1956Forever, DarlingMovieas Lorenzo Xavier Vega
1956Lucy's Really Lost MomentsMovieas Ricky Ricardo · Producer · Director · Writer
1955MGM ParadeTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1954December BrideTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1954A Star Is Born World PremiereMovieas Self1954The Long, Long TrailerMovieas Nicholas Collini
1953I Love Lucy: The MovieMovieas Ricky Ricardo / Self
1952Cavalcade of AmericaTV showExecutive Producer · 1 episodes1951I Love LucyTV showas Ricky Ricardo · Producer · 180 episodes1951The Red Skelton ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1950The Bob Hope ShowTV showas Self · 2 episodes1950What's My Line?TV showas Self · 3 episodes
1949Holiday in HavanaMovieas Carlos Estrada
1949The Emmy AwardsTV showas Self · 2 episodes1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTV showas Self · 6 episodes
1946Desi Arnaz and His OrchestraMovieas Self
1946Cuban PeteMovieas Desi Arnaz1943BataanMovieas Felix Ramirez1942The Navy Comes ThroughMovieas Pat Tarriba
1942Four Jacks and a JillMovieas Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2Movie
1941Father Takes a WifeMovieas Carlos Bardez1940Too Many GirlsMovieas Manuelito
—The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle SpecialMovie
—Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette EpisodeMovieas Host (himself)
—The Time ElementMovieas Host