Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Birthday: 1917-03-02

Place of Birth: Santiago, Cuba

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.

Movies

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

A compilation of television's biggest and best stars as they are caught in hilarious moments while f...

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The Long, Long Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humoro...

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Forever, Darling
Forever, Darling

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So int...

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Bataan
Bataan

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diver...

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Lucy and Desi
Lucy and Desi

Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in en...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar...

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Father Takes a Wife
Father Takes a Wife

A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate....

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The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from priso...

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Too Many Girls
Too Many Girls

Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he send...

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The Navy Comes Through
The Navy Comes Through

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis....

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...

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Four Jacks and a Jill
Four Jacks and a Jill

Karanina "Nina" Novak, is befriended by Nifty, the leader of a four-piece orchestra, and in return, ...

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Cuban Pete
Cuban Pete

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to C...

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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show an...

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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus...

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Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

Emmy Award-Winning Special Desi and Lucy's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, hosts this emotional and honest g...

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Holiday in Havana
Holiday in Havana

While working as a hotel busboy, aspiring bandleader Carlos Estrada tries to persuade singer Lolita ...

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I Love Lucy: The Movie
I Love Lucy: The Movie

The film plays out, with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: "The Benef...

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Joys
Joys

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of...

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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the m...

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Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Lucy's Really Lost Moments

The legendary Lucille Ball as you've never seen her before! Laugh along with Lucy and Desi in these ...

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Judy Garland: By Myself
Judy Garland: By Myself

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever ...

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A Star Is Born World Premiere
A Star Is Born World Premiere

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the...

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Salsa
Salsa

The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, ...

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I Love Lucy Christmas Special
I Love Lucy Christmas Special

Celebrate the holidays with the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two ...

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Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra

After a career on the stage and in movies, Desi Arnaz is introduced in this short as an orchestra le...

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My Darling Vivian
My Darling Vivian

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes...

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The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1

In THE FUNNY WORLD OF LUCY, you'll hear in Lucy's own words how she went from a school girl in James...

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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting ...

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The Bob Hope Chevy Show
The Bob Hope Chevy Show

The Bob Hope Chevy Show (21 October 1956) is an episode of The Bob Hope Show. It first aired 21 Octo...

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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the wo...

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The Man in the Funny Suit
The Man in the Funny Suit

A dramatisation of the difficulties faced by actor Keenan Wynn when his father comedian Ed Wynn is c...

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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos ...

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