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Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. [1] He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy , in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball . [ 1 ]
Arnaz's acting extended into the late 1980s with various appearances on television, and a leading role in the short-lived TV series Automan, which ran from 1983 to 1984 in only 12 episodes. Arnaz; his mother, Lucille Ball; and his sister, Lucie, in Here's Lucy, 1968. Desi Arnaz and Arnaz on the television special California, My Way, 1974.
Dino, Desi & Billy were an American singing trio that existed between 1964 and 1969. The group featured Dean "Dino" Martin ( Dean Paul Martin , the son of singer and actor Dean Martin ), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Desiderio Arnaz IV, the son of television stars Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball ), and their friend Billy Hinsche . [ 1 ]
Desilu Productions, Inc. (/ ˈ d ɛ s i l uː /) was an American television production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.The company is best known for shows such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Mannix, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
Lucy and Desi is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Amy Poehler in her documentary directorial debut. [1] The film explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The film had its worldwide release on March 4, 2022 through Amazon ...
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is a 1991 television movie from CBS about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The movie begins when the two actors met in the 1940s and ends with their divorce in 1960. The movie covers how their careers developed, their often rocky marriage, and how they came to develop the I Love Lucy show.
At that time, Arnaz announced intent to start using the recently renovated Jamestown Train Station to further the mission and vision of the Lucille Ball Festival of New Comedy. Lucie Arnaz praised and appeared on stage with the new executive director of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center and applauded her work and dedication to the festival.
The Decades Channel ran a weekend binge marathon of Lucy-Desi in August 2015 and again in August 2021. With 13 episodes produced and broadcast during its 3-year run the series was released as one DVD box collection separate from the I Love Lucy sets. The show is briefly memorialized in the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York.