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Desi Arnaz
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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.
BODY OF WORK
Desi Arnaz's Filmography
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A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
as Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Ricky
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
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Television: The First Fifty Years
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Escape Artist
as Mayor Leon Quiñones
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Salsa
as Self (archive footage)
Joys
as Self
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
No Poster
The Man in the Funny Suit
as Self - Host
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Fred Mertz
Forever, Darling
as Lorenzo Xavier Vega
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Ricky Ricardo
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
The Long, Long Trailer
as Nicholas Collini
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Ricky Ricardo / Self
Holiday in Havana
as Carlos Estrada
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
as Self
Cuban Pete
as Desi Arnaz
Bataan
as Felix Ramirez
The Navy Comes Through
as Pat Tarriba
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Father Takes a Wife
as Carlos Bardez
Too Many Girls
as Manuelito
The Time Element
as Host
The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
as Host (himself)