Biography
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. Born in Santiago de Cuba, he fled with his family to Miami after the Cuban Revolution of 1933. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series.
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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
The Lucy Show
Forever, Darling
Alice
The Long, Long Trailer
What's My Line?
Saturday Night Live
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Ironside
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Virginian
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Bataan
The Mothers-in-Law
The Texan
Too Many Girls
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Cavalcade of America