Mar 2, 1917 - Santiago, Cuba
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.
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| Movie | 2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Nicky Collini | |
| Movie | 1956 | Forever, Darling | Lorenzo Xavier 'Larry' Vega | |
| Movie | 1943 | Bataan | Felix Ramirez | |
| Movie | 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Carlos Bardez | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Escape Artist | Mayor Leon Quiñones | |
| Movie | 1940 | Too Many Girls | Manuelito Lynch | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Pat Tarriba | |
| Movie | 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal | |
| Movie | 1946 | Cuban Pete | Desi Arnaz | |
| Movie | 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie | Self | |
| Movie | 1949 | Holiday in Havana | Carlos Estrada | |
| Movie | 1953 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Ricky Ricardo | |
| Movie | 1976 | Joys | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Ricky Ricardo | |
| Movie | 2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | |
| Movie | 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | ||
| Movie | 1976 | Salsa | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas Special | Ricky | |
| Movie | 1946 | Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | ||
| Movie | 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Fred Mertz | |
| Movie | 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Haunted Homes of Hollywood | ||
| Movie | 1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Self - Host | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Alice | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1954 | December Bride | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Ricky Ricardo | 13 |
| TV Show | 1951 | I Love Lucy | Ricky Ricardo | 180 |
| TV Show | 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Donny & Marie | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Ironside | Dr. Juan Domingo | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 7 | |
| TV Show | 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Land's End | Guest Waiting to Cash Check | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host & Musical Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 6 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Virginian | El Jefe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Raphael Delgado | 4 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Ricky Ricardo | 1 |
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| Movie | 1958 | The Fountain of Youth | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1963 | Surf Scene | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1965 | Star Trek: The Cage | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1958 | Strange Witness | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1961 | Dragon by the Tail | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Lucy Show | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Lucy Show | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1951 | I Love Lucy | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Texan | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Executive In Charge Of Production | Production |
| TV Show | 1968 | Land's End | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1968 | Land's End | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1968 | Land's End | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Carol Channing Show | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Carol Channing Show | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1956 | U.S. Marshall | Producer's Assistant | Production |
| TV Show | 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1968 | Land's End | Creator | Creator |
