Desi Arnaz
Sign in to saveCuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 1986
- Works
- 5
Top works
- TV Sets
- A Book
- Too many girls
- I love Lucy
- A book
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Film & TV
Acting · Santiago, Cuba
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.
Known for
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
- A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)2025
- Lucy and Desi — Self (archive footage)2022
- My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)2020
- I Love Lucy Christmas Special — Ricky2016
- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored — Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)2011
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage)2005
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — (archive footage)2004
- Judy Garland: By Myself — Self (archive footage)2004
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy — Self (archive footage)2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 17,202
- Total plays
- 90,437
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Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago, Cuba, began his career by chance as a professional musician during the depression, singing, playing guitar and percussion for a Latin orchestra in Miami. He moved to New York to perform in a group conducted by Xavier Cugat. In 1939, his wild conga drum antics got him a break starring on Broadway in the successful musical Too Many Girls, and he went to Hollywood to appear in the 1940 movie vers
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- DESI 2024 VI: cosmological constraints from the measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations
· 2025 · cited 816x
- The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
· 2020 · cited 787x
- Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
· 2022 · cited 420x
- Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes
· 2022 · cited 414x
- DESI DR2 results. II. Measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmological constraints
· 2025 · cited 355x
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 March 1917
- Died
- 2 December 1986
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Santiago de Cuba
- Place of death
- Del Mar
- Spouse
- Lucille Ball
- Child
- Lucie Arnaz
- Occupation
- musician
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
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Categories
1917 births1986 deaths20th-century American businesspeople20th-century American comedians20th-century American male actors20th-century American male singers20th-century American male writers20th-century American non-fiction writers20th-century Cuban male actors20th-century Roman CatholicsAmerican bandleadersAmerican film studio executives