Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Acting

Born March 2, 1917 · Santiago, Cuba

9 films as director · Active 1956–1968

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 Or…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Ironside

Ironside

1967

Alice

Alice

1976

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

1951

The Virginian

The Virginian

1962

Directed(9)

Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956Lucy's Really Lost Moments★ 6.5

Acting(62)

2025A Grammy Celebration of Latin MusicSelf/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Film
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
Film
2022Lucy and DesiSelf (archive footage)
Film
2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
Film
2016I Love Lucy Christmas SpecialRicky
Film
2011Classic TV Bloopers UncensoredRicky Ricardo (archive footage)
Film
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsManuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Film
2004Judy Garland: By MyselfSelf (archive footage)
Film
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(archive footage)
Film
2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)
Film
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsRicky Ricardo (archive footage)
Film
1997The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Film
1996E! True Hollywood Story
TV
1993Lucy and Desi: A Home MovieSelf
Film
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film
1982The Escape ArtistMayor Leon Quiñones
Film
1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelf
Film
1976AliceRuth
TV
1976SalsaSelf (archive footage)
Film
1976JoysSelf
Film
1976Donny & MarieSelf
TV
1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage)
Film
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host & Musical Guest
TV
1968Land's EndGuest Waiting to Cash Check
TV
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
TV
1967The Mothers-in-LawRaphael Delgado
TV
1967IronsideDr. Juan Domingo
TV
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
TV
1962The VirginianEl Jefe
TV
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
TV
1960The Man in the Funny SuitSelf - Host
Film
1959NBC Sunday ShowcaseRicky Ricardo
TV
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV
1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourRicky Ricardo
TV
1956The Bob Hope Chevy ShowFred Mertz
Film
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
TV
1956Forever, DarlingLorenzo Xavier Vega
Film
1956Lucy's Really Lost MomentsRicky Ricardo
Film
1955MGM ParadeSelf
TV
1954December BrideSelf
TV
1954A Star Is Born World PremiereSelf
Film
1954The Long, Long TrailerNicholas Collini
Film
1953I Love Lucy: The MovieRicky Ricardo / Self
Film
1951I Love LucyRicky Ricardo
TV
1951The Red Skelton ShowSelf
TV
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
TV
1950What's My Line?Self
TV
1949The Ed Wynn ShowSelf
TV
1949Holiday in HavanaCarlos Estrada
Film
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
TV
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
TV
1946Desi Arnaz and His OrchestraSelf
Film
1946Cuban PeteDesi Arnaz
Film
1943BataanFelix Ramirez
Film
1942The Navy Comes ThroughPat Tarriba
Film
1942Four Jacks and a JillSteve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Film
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Film
1941Father Takes a WifeCarlos Bardez
Film
1940Too Many GirlsManuelito
Film
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Film
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette EpisodeHost (himself)
Film
The Time ElementHost
Film