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Desi Arnaz is a Actor and Executive Producer American born on 2 march 1917 at Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 — December 2, 1986), better known as Desi Arnaz or Desi Arnaz, Sr., was a Cuban-born American musician, actor, television producer, writer and director. He is best remembered for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television series sitcom I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time. Arnaz was also internationally renowned for leading his Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra. He and Ball are generally credited as the inventors of the rerun in connection with I Love Lucy.
1976: Another Book (1960 onward—never completed beyond outline)
1994: Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz By Coyne Stephen Sanders and Tom Gilbert (author) (Whole life, and focuses prominently on the Business affairs of Desilu Productions)(PNT)
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Birth name Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha
Nationality USA
Birth 2 march 1917 at Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)
Death 2 december 1986 (at 69 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 march 1917 at Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)
Death 2 december 1986 (at 69 years)
Biography
1960: A Book (autobiography up to 1960)1976: Another Book (1960 onward—never completed beyond outline)
1994: Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz By Coyne Stephen Sanders and Tom Gilbert (author) (Whole life, and focuses prominently on the Business affairs of Desilu Productions)(PNT)
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The Escape Artist (1982)
, 1h34Directed by Caleb Deschanel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, John P. Ryan
Roles Mayor Leon Quiñones
Rating60%
Young and self-confident Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) is the teen-aged son of the late Harry Masters, the "greatest escape artist except for Houdini". Danny himself is an accomplished magician and escape artist. He leaves home to join Uncle Burke and Aunt Sibyl in their magic/mentalist act; Sibyl welcomes him but Burke is unenthusiastic.
Forever, Darling (1956)
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Louis Calhern, John Emery, Natalie Schafer
Roles Lorenzo Xavier "Larry" Vega
Rating60%
After five years of marriage, chemical engineer Lorenzo Xavier Vega (Arnaz) tends to neglect his wife Susan (Ball) in favor of his work. When she wishes aloud that she had a more attentive spouse, her Guardian Angel—coincidentally the mirror image of her favorite movie star (Mason) -- appears.
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
, 1h36Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Moroni Olsen, Madge Blake
Roles Nicky Collini
Rating69%
As Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) takes a new job as a civil engineer, his new bride Tacy (Lucille Ball) comes up with an idea to buy a trailer to travel around the USA to various work projects on which Nicky is employed, as well as to save money that would otherwise be spent on a house. Tacy also hopes to haul the trailer themselves to Nicky's new place of work in Colorado, as part of their honeymoon trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. But the honeymoon trip, as well as happenings leading up to it, rapidly become a catalog of disasters.
I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Marc Daniels
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Ann Doran, Mary Wickes
Roles Ricky Ricardo
Rating82%
The film plays out with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: "The Benefit", "Breaking the Lease", and "The Ballet", with new footage included between episodes to help transition the episodes into one coherent storyline. As the series routinely took the format of filming scenes in chronological order, this adds to the "show within a show within a show" format of the film, as viewers watch the cast perform the episodes live. The film itself ends with a "curtain call", as the cast comes out and Arnaz thanks the audience for their support.
Holiday in Havana (1949)
, 1h13Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran, Steven Geray, Minerva Urecal, Sig Arno
Roles Carlos Estrada
Rating60%
Cuban Pete (1946)
, 1hDirected by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Desi Arnaz, Joan Shawlee, Don Porter, Jacqueline deWit, Pedro de Cordoba
Roles Desi Arnaz
Rating58%
Bataan (1943)
, 1h54Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Tom Dugan, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman
Roles Felix Ramirez
Rating68%
The US Army is conducting a fighting retreat. A high bridge spans a ravine on the Bataan Peninsula. After the army and some civilians cross, a group of eleven hastily assembled soldiers from different units is assigned to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible. The rear guard is a mixed lot, including:
, 10minutesDirected by Ralph Staub
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about cities, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Eddie Albert, Desi Arnaz, Gene Autry, Art Baker, John Carroll, Jackie Cooper
Roles Himself
Rating51%
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, Desi Arnaz, June Havoc, Eddie Foy, Jr., Fritz Feld
Roles Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal
Rating53%
The Navy Comes Through (1942)
, 1h22Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Carl Esmond, Desi Arnaz
Roles Pat Tarriba
Rating60%
In 1940, the testimony of Chief Petty Officer Mike Mallory (Pat O'Brien) at a United States Navy board of inquiry regarding a fatal gun turret accident helps end the career of Lieutenant Tom Sands (George Murphy). The situation is complicated by the fact that Sands and Mallory's sister Myra (Jane Wyatt) are in love. Afterward, Sands resigns his commission and breaks up with Myra, telling her there is no future for them.
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, John Howard, Desi Arnaz, Helen Broderick, Florence Rice
Roles Carlos Bardez
Rating60%
Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is as a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship.
Too Many Girls (1940)
, 1h25Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz
Roles Manuelito Lynch
Rating59%
Mr Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The college is in financial trouble and her bodyguards use their salary to help the college. The football players join the college team, and the team becomes one of the best. One of the football players, Clint, falls in love with Connie, but when she discovers he is her bodyguard, she decides to go back East. The bodyguards follow her, leaving the team in the lurch.
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The Fountain of Youth (1958)
, 25minutesDirected by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Romance
Actors Rick Jason, Madge Blake, Joi Lansing, Nancy Kulp, Billy House, Marjorie Bennett
Roles Executive Producer
Rating74%
Un amant délaissé se venge d'un joli couple en leur promettant la jeunesse éternelle.