Desi Arnaz: movies and TV shows
Desi Arnaz has 98 credits in the archive: 49 films and 49 TV series, from 1940 to 2025. Highest rated: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2025 · busiest year: 1956 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 108 |
| 2025 | A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music | Self/Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 108 |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 105 |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 103 |
| 2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas Special | Ricky | Film | 10.0 | 99 |
| 2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 94 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Manuelito (segment "Too Many Girls") (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 88 |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 87 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 87 |
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 1997 | The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1 | Film | 8.5 | 80 | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 79 | |
| 1993 | Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie | Self | Film | 8.2 | 76 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist | Mayor Leon Quiñones | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1976 | Alice | Ruth | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | Donny & Marie | Self | TV | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1976 | Salsa | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | Joys | Self | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host & Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage) | Film | — | 58 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1968 | Land's End | Guest Waiting to Cash Check | TV | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1968 | Land's End | TV | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1968 | Land's End | TV | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1968 | Land's End | TV | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1968 | Land's End | TV | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Dr. Juan Domingo | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Raphael Delgado | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | TV | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | TV | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1966 | The Carol Channing Show | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1966 | The Carol Channing Show | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1965 | Star Trek: The Cage | Film | 5.8 | 48 | |
| 1963 | Surf Scene | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | El Jefe | TV | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | Alcatraz Express | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1961 | Dragon by the Tail | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | TV | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1960 | The Gun of Zangara | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Self - Host | Film | — | 43 |
| 1960 | The Man in the Funny Suit | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Ricky Ricardo | TV | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | TV | 5.0 | 42 | |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show | TV | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Colgate Theatre | TV | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1958 | The Fountain of Youth | Film | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Strange Witness | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | TV | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Ricky Ricardo | TV | 8.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | TV | 8.7 | 40 | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | TV | 8.7 | 40 | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | TV | 8.7 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 39 |
| 1956 | U.S. Marshall | TV | 7.8 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Forever, Darling | Lorenzo Xavier Vega | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Fred Mertz | Film | — | 39 |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Ricky Ricardo | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Film | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1954 | December Bride | Self | TV | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Nicholas Collini | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Ricky Ricardo / Self | Film | 7.7 | 36 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | TV | 4.6 | 35 | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Self | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Ricky Ricardo | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 32 |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1949 | Holiday in Havana | Carlos Estrada | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1946 | Cuban Pete | Desi Arnaz | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1946 | Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra | Self | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1943 | Bataan | Felix Ramirez | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Pat Tarriba | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Carlos Bardez | Film | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1940 | Too Many Girls | Manuelito | Film | 5.9 | 23 |
| The Time Element | Host | Film | — | — | |
| The Lucy-Desi Milton Berle Special | Film | — | — | ||
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Bernadette Episode | Host (himself) | Film | — | — |