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Desi Arnaz 03/02/1917 , (107 years old) in Santiago, Cuba

Known for department

Acting

Biography

Desi Arnaz (1917 – 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.

poster Lucy and Desi (2022)

Self (archive footage)

poster Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

poster The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Nicky Collini

poster Bataan (1943)

Felix Ramirez

poster The Escape Artist (1982)

Mayor Leon Quiñones

poster Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

poster My Darling Vivian (2020)

Self (archive footage)

poster The Navy Comes Through (1942)

Pat Tarriba

poster TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

(archive footage)

poster Too Many Girls (1940)

Manuelito Lynch

poster Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)

Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal

poster Forever, Darling (1956)

Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega

poster CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)

Self

poster Joys (1976)

Self

poster Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)

Self (archive footage)

poster Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)

Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

poster I Love Lucy Christmas Special (2016)

Ricky

poster Salsa (1976)

Self (archive footage)

poster Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)

poster Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)

Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)

poster Holiday in Havana (1949)

Carlos Estrada

poster Cuban Pete (1946)

Desi Arnaz

poster A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)

Self

poster I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)

Ricky Ricardo

poster Father Takes a Wife (1941)

Carlos Bardez

poster Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)

Self

poster Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956)

Ricky Ricardo

poster Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)

(archive footage)

poster Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (1946)

Self

poster The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 (1997)

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