Filmography
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Known For
I Love Lucy Producer (1951-1957) -
The Long, Long Trailer Nicholas Carlos Collini (1954) -
Holiday in Havana Carlos Estrada (1949) -
Known For
Aloha Soundtrack (2015) -
Producer
ABC Late Night (1973-1976) -
You Don't Say (1963-1975) -
Mannix (1967-1975) -
Mission: Impossible (1966-1973) -
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Star Trek (1966-1969) -
The Mothers-In-Law (1967-1969) -
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) -
Land's End (1968) -
The Lucy Show (1962-1968) -
Music City USA (1967)
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![Vacation Playhouse]( "Vacation Playhouse")
Vacation Playhouse (1963-1967) -
The Recruiters (1966)
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The Carol Channing Show (1966)
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The Two of Us (1966)
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![The Greatest Show on Earth]( "The Greatest Show on Earth")
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963-1964) -
![The Danny Thomas Show]( "The Danny Thomas Show")
The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964) -
Surf Scene (1963)
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![Glynis]( "Glynis")
Glynis (1963) -
![Kraft Mystery Theater]( "Kraft Mystery Theater")
Kraft Mystery Theater (1961-1963) -
Maggie Brown (1963)
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Swingin' Together (1963)
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![The Untouchables]( "The Untouchables")
The Untouchables (1959-1963) -
![Fair Exchange]( "Fair Exchange")
Fair Exchange (1962-1963) -
Life with Archie (1962)
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![Here's Hollywood]( "Here's Hollywood")
Here's Hollywood (1960-1962) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater (1953-1962) -
![Harrigan and Son]( "Harrigan and Son")
Harrigan and Son (1960-1961) -
![The Ann Sothern Show]( "The Ann Sothern Show")
The Ann Sothern Show (1958-1961) -
![The Barbara Stanwyck Show]( "The Barbara Stanwyck Show")
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960-1961) -
![Guestward Ho!]( "Guestward Ho!")
Guestward Ho! (1960-1961) -
![U.S. Marshal]( "U.S. Marshal")
U.S. Marshal (1958-1960) -
![Pony Express]( "Pony Express")
Pony Express (1959-1960) -
![Grand Jury]( "Grand Jury")
Grand Jury (1959-1960) -
![Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]( "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse")
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958-1960) -
![Alcatraz Express]( "Alcatraz Express")
Alcatraz Express (1960) -
![The Texan]( "The Texan")
The Texan (1958-1960) -
New Comedy Showcase (1960)
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![The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]( "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour")
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960) -
The Gun of Zangara (1960)
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![Whirlybirds]( "Whirlybirds")
Whirlybirds (1957-1960) -
![The Walter Winchell File]( "The Walter Winchell File")
The Walter Winchell File (1957-1959) -
![Yancy Derringer]( "Yancy Derringer")
Yancy Derringer (1958-1959) -
![December Bride]( "December Bride")
December Bride (1954-1959) -
![The Scarface Mob]( "The Scarface Mob")
The Scarface Mob (1959) -
![This Is Alice]( "This Is Alice")
This Is Alice (1958) -
Personal Report, Inc. (1958)
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![Colgate Theatre]( "Colgate Theatre")
Colgate Theatre (1958) -
The Fountain of Youth (1958)
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![The Adventures of Jim Bowie]( "The Adventures of Jim Bowie")
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956-1958) -
![Shower of Stars]( "Shower of Stars")
Shower of Stars (1954-1958) -
![Official Detective]( "Official Detective")
Official Detective (1957-1958) -
![The Sheriff of Cochise]( "The Sheriff of Cochise")
The Sheriff of Cochise (1956-1958) -
![Those Whiting Girls]( "Those Whiting Girls")
Those Whiting Girls (1955-1957) -
![Wire Service]( "Wire Service")
Wire Service (1956-1957) -
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy (1951-1957) -
![Cavalcade of America]( "Cavalcade of America")
Cavalcade of America (1952-1957) -
![Theatre Royal]( "Theatre Royal")
Theatre Royal (1955-1956) -
![Our Miss Brooks]( "Our Miss Brooks")
Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956) -
![Forever, Darling]( "Forever, Darling")
Forever, Darling (1956) -
Just Off Broadway (1955)
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![Willy]( "Willy")
Willy (1954-1955) -
Country Doctor (1954)
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![A Christmas Carol]( "A Christmas Carol")
A Christmas Carol (1954) -
Producer
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy (1953) -
Actor
![The Escape Artist]( "The Escape Artist")
The Escape Artist Mayor Quiñones (1982) -
![Alice]( "Alice")
Alice Paco (1978) -
![Ironside]( "Ironside")
Ironside Dr. Juan Domingo (1974) -
![Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]( "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In")
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1970) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian El Jefe (1970) -
![The Mothers-In-Law]( "The Mothers-In-Law")
The Mothers-In-Law Raphael del Gado (1967-1968) -
![Land's End]( "Land's End")
Land's End Guest Wanting to Cash Check (1968) -
![The Red Skelton Hour]( "The Red Skelton Hour")
The Red Skelton Hour Guest (1961) -
![The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]( "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour")
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Ricky Ricardo (1957-1960) -
![Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]( "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse")
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Chris Hunter (1958-1960) -
![Sunday Showcase]( "Sunday Showcase")
Sunday Showcase Ricky Ricardo (1959) -
![The Danny Thomas Show]( "The Danny Thomas Show")
The Danny Thomas Show Ricky Ricardo (1959) -
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy Ricky Ricardo (1951-1957) -
![Forever, Darling]( "Forever, Darling")
Forever, Darling Lorenzo Xavier Vega (1956) -
![Lucy's Really Lost Moments]( "Lucy's Really Lost Moments")
Lucy's Really Lost Moments Ricky Ricardo (1956) -
![The Long, Long Trailer]( "The Long, Long Trailer")
The Long, Long Trailer Nicholas Carlos Collini (1954) -
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy Ricky Ricardo / Self (1953) -
![Holiday in Havana]( "Holiday in Havana")
Holiday in Havana Carlos Estrada (1949) -
![Jitterumba]( "Jitterumba")
Jitterumba Band Leader (1947) -
![Cuban Pete]( "Cuban Pete")
Cuban Pete Desi Arnaz (1946) -
![Bataan]( "Bataan")
Bataan Felix Ramirez (1943) -
![You Were Never Lovelier]( "You Were Never Lovelier")
You Were Never Lovelier Band singer (1942) -
![The Navy Comes Through]( "The Navy Comes Through")
The Navy Comes Through Pat Tarriba (1942) -
![Four Jacks and a Jill]( "Four Jacks and a Jill")
Four Jacks and a Jill Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal (1942) -
![Father Takes a Wife]( "Father Takes a Wife")
Father Takes a Wife Carlos Bardez (1941) -
Actor
![Too Many Girls]( "Too Many Girls")
Too Many Girls Manuelito (1940) -
Soundtrack
![The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]( "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018-2019) -
![Aloha]( "Aloha")
Aloha (2015) -
![Dancing with the Stars]( "Dancing with the Stars")
Dancing with the Stars (2007-2014) -
![30 Days Until I'm Famous]( "30 Days Until I'm Famous")
30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004) -
![I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special]( "I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special")
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![A Smile Like Yours]( "A Smile Like Yours")
A Smile Like Yours (1997) -
![The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts]( "The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts")
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![The Mothers-In-Law]( "The Mothers-In-Law")
The Mothers-In-Law (1968) -
![The Danny Thomas Show]( "The Danny Thomas Show")
The Danny Thomas Show (1959) -
![The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]( "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour")
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1958) -
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy (1951-1956) -
![Forever, Darling]( "Forever, Darling")
Forever, Darling (1956) -
![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy (1953) -
![Holiday in Havana]( "Holiday in Havana")
Holiday in Havana (1949) -
![Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra]( "Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra")
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (1946) -
![Four Jacks and a Jill]( "Four Jacks and a Jill")
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) -
![Father Takes a Wife]( "Father Takes a Wife")
Father Takes a Wife (1941) -
Soundtrack
![Too Many Girls]( "Too Many Girls")
Too Many Girls (1940) -
Director
![The Mothers-In-Law]( "The Mothers-In-Law")
The Mothers-In-Law (1967-1968) -
![Land's End]( "Land's End")
Land's End (1968) -
The Carol Channing Show (1966)
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![The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]( "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour")
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959-1960) -
![Sunday Showcase]( "Sunday Showcase")
Sunday Showcase (1959) -
Director
![Lucy's Really Lost Moments]( "Lucy's Really Lost Moments")
Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956) -
Writer
![Land's End]( "Land's End")
Land's End (1968) -
![Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]( "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse")
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Writer
![Lucy's Really Lost Moments]( "Lucy's Really Lost Moments")
Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956) -
Archive footageInside Edition Weekend (2022)
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![Access Hollywood]( "Access Hollywood")
Access Hollywood (2022) -
![Lucy and Desi]( "Lucy and Desi")
Lucy and Desi (2022) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2021) -
![CBS News Sunday Morning]( "CBS News Sunday Morning")
CBS News Sunday Morning (2021) -
![The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek]( "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek")
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![History of the Sitcom]( "History of the Sitcom")
History of the Sitcom (2021) -
![The Story of Late Night]( "The Story of Late Night")
The Story of Late Night (2021) -
![The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition]( "The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition")
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![Autopsy: The Last Hours of]( "Autopsy: The Last Hours of")
Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020) -
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (2020) -
![My Darling Vivian]( "My Darling Vivian")
My Darling Vivian (2020) -
![I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration]( "I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration")
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![Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On]( "Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On")
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![America in Color]( "America in Color")
America in Color (2018) -
![The History of Comedy]( "The History of Comedy")
The History of Comedy (2018) -
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![The Latin Explosion: A New America]( "The Latin Explosion: A New America")
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![My Music: Starlight Ballroom]( "My Music: Starlight Ballroom")
My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015) -
![Teens React]( "Teens React")
Teens React (2015) -
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![Inside Edition]( "Inside Edition")
Inside Edition (2014) -
![Pioneers of Television]( "Pioneers of Television")
Pioneers of Television (2008-2014) -
![10 Things You Don't Know About]( "10 Things You Don't Know About")
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![Frontline]( "Frontline")
Frontline (2010) -
![Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy]( "Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy")
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![Great Performances]( "Great Performances")
Great Performances (2005) -
![E! True Hollywood Story]( "E! True Hollywood Story")
E! True Hollywood Story (2005) -
![TV Land Moguls]( "TV Land Moguls")
TV Land Moguls (2004) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (1995-2004) -
![TV in Black: The First Fifty Years]( "TV in Black: The First Fifty Years")
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![Hit Celebrity TV Commercials]( "Hit Celebrity TV Commercials")
Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004) -
![The Desilu Story]( "The Desilu Story")
The Desilu Story (2003) -
![Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty]( "Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty")
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Lucy! TV's Comedy Queen (2003)
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![The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema]( "The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema")
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![Hollywood Couples]( "Hollywood Couples")
Hollywood Couples (2001) -
The Nightclub Years (2001)
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![I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special]( "I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special")
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![Television: The First Fifty Years]( "Television: The First Fifty Years")
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ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
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![Time & Again]( "Time & Again")
Time & Again (1999) -
![Junket Whore]( "Junket Whore")
Junket Whore (1998) -
![Judy Garland's Hollywood]( "Judy Garland's Hollywood")
Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997) -
![Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's]( "Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's")
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![Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star]( "Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star")
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![Pioneers of Primetime]( "Pioneers of Primetime")
Pioneers of Primetime (1995) -
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![Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie]( "Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie")
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) -
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![Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored]( "Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored")
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![I Love Lucy: The Very First Show]( "I Love Lucy: The Very First Show")
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A Tribute to Lucy (1989)
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![Lucy's Lost Episodes]( "Lucy's Lost Episodes")
Lucy's Lost Episodes (1989) -
![Murphy Brown]( "Murphy Brown")
Murphy Brown (1989) -
![Celebrity Commercials]( "Celebrity Commercials")
Celebrity Commercials (1987) -
![Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story]( "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story")
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![The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts]( "The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts")
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![The Lucille Ball / Jack Benny Comedy Double]( "The Lucille Ball / Jack Benny Comedy Double")
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![Roots of Rhythm]( "Roots of Rhythm")
Roots of Rhythm (1984) -
![The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame]( "The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame")
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![Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage]( "Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage")
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![The Barbara Walters Summer Special]( "The Barbara Walters Summer Special")
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![Salsa]( "Salsa")
Salsa (1976) -
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![The Dick Cavett Show]( "The Dick Cavett Show")
The Dick Cavett Show (1974) -
![Kraft Mystery Theater]( "Kraft Mystery Theater")
Kraft Mystery Theater (1962) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1958) -
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Archive footage
![E! Mysteries & Scandals]( "E! Mysteries & Scandals")
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1987) -
Production Manager
![Kraft Mystery Theater]( "Kraft Mystery Theater")
Kraft Mystery Theater (1962) -
![Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]( "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse")
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958-1960) -
Production Manager
![The Scarface Mob]( "The Scarface Mob")
The Scarface Mob (1959) -
![The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]( "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour")
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1958-1959) -
Music Department
![Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie]( "Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie")
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) -
![Land's End]( "Land's End")
Land's End (1968)
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Did You Know
Trivia
His distinctive laugh was perfectly imitated by Eddie Murphy many times during his stand-up comedy routine.
Quotes
One of the big reasons for the show's success is Lucy. She is the greatest.
Trademark
Distinctive laugh
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III
Santiago, Cuba
Died
(age 69)
Del Mar, California, USA
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