Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz is known for The Long, Long Trailer (1954), Lucy and Desi (2022), Bataan (1943).
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.
Questions about Desi Arnaz
How many Desi Arnaz films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 32 films with Desi Arnaz, from 1940 to 2025.
What was the first Desi Arnaz film?
The first Desi Arnaz film in the catalogue is The Long, Long Trailer, from 1954.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.0 Lucy and Desi
2022
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7.0 The Long, Long Trailer
1954
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6.4 Bataan
1943
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5.0 A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
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7.7 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
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7.1 My Darling Vivian
2020
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6.0 Joys
1976
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2.0 Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
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6.5 Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
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6.2 The Escape Artist
1982
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7.2 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
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5.3 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Full filmography
39 films — 32 in the catalogue
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5.0
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025 · Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
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7.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0
Lucy and Desi
2022 · Self (archive footage)
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7.1
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Self (archive footage)
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10.0 I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016 · Ricky
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2.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
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7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)
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8.3 Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
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5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · (archive footage)
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7.0
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Self (archive footage)
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
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8.5 The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
1997
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8.2 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Self
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7.0 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.2
The Escape Artist
1982 · Mayor Leon Quiñones
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7.3 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 · Self
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10.0 Salsa
1976 · Self (archive footage)
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6.0
Joys
1976 · Self
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975 · (archive footage)
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The Man in the Funny Suit
1960 · Self - Host
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The Bob Hope Chevy Show
1956 · Fred Mertz
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6.9 Forever, Darling
1956 · Lorenzo Xavier Vega
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6.5 Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956 · Ricky Ricardo
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8.0 A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
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7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Nicholas Collini
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7.7 I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953 · Ricky Ricardo / Self
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5.6 Holiday in Havana
1949 · Carlos Estrada
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5.4 Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
1946 · Self
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6.0 Ao Calor da Rumba
1946 · Desi Arnaz
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6.4
Bataan
1943 · Felix Ramirez
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6.0 The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Pat Tarriba
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6.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
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7.0 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
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6.8 Papai Vai Casar
1941 · Carlos Bardez
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5.9 Too Many Girls
1940 · Manuelito
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The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special
no date
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode
no date · Host (himself)
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The Time Element
no date · Host
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Strange Witness
1958
Series and TV shows
15 titles
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8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Cast
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7.0
Alice
1976 · Ruth
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6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host & Musical Guest
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6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Appearance
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6.8
Ironside
1967 · Dr. Juan Domingo
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7.1
The Lucy Show
1962 · Producer · 30 ep.
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7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Appearance · 2 ep.
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7.1
The Lucy Show
1962 · Director
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6.5
The Virginian
1962 · El Jefe
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5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Appearance
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7.9
I Love Lucy
1951 · Ricky Ricardo · 180 ep.
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7.9
I Love Lucy
1951 · Producer · 180 ep.
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7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Appearance
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7.0
What's My Line?
1950 · Appearance · 3 ep.
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6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Appearance · 6 ep.
People data: TMDb.
Cast
