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.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960
- American Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
Filmography27 titles
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
I Love Lucy
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
U.S. Marshall
The Ed Wynn Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Red Skelton Show
Lucy and Desi
My Darling Vivian
Alice
The Lucy Show
Forever, Darling
What's My Line?
Saturday Night Live
Ironside
The Long, Long Trailer
The Ed Sullivan Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Virginian
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Bataan
The Texan
The Mothers-in-Law
Too Many Girls
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Cavalcade of America