Desi Arnaz

PRODUCER, ACTOR, PRODUCTION_MANAGER

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz ye de Acha III was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. His father was the mayor of Santiago. The 1933 revolution led by Fulgencio Batista had landed his father in jail and stripped the family of its wealth, property and power. His father was released because of the intercession of U.S. officials who believed him to be neutral during the revolt. The family fled to Miami, Florida. One of Desi's first jobs in America consisted of cleaning canary cages. However, after forming his own small band of musicians, he was hired by Xavier Cugat, the "king" of Latin music.Desi soon left Cugat, formed his own Latin band, and literally launched the conga craze in America. He was cast in the Broadway play "Too Many Girls" and then brought to Hollywood to make the film version of the play. It was on the set of Too Many Girls (1940) that he and Lucille Ball met. They soon married and approximately 10 years later formed Desilu Productions and began the I Love Lucy (1951) shows. Desi and Lucille had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.. At the end of the I Love Lucy (1951) run, which included The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957), the two divorced. Desi later wrote an autobiography entitled "A Book." In 1986 he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on December 2, 1986 at age 69. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Wynne Nafus <samantha@csb.cambridge.ne.us>

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Desi Arnaz’s flixes, followed by YouTube compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Desi Arnaz on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1976 to 2019. See the full graphs of the number of Desi Arnaz movies released per year from 1976 till 2019.

Top Genres

Desi Arnaz works mostly in Documentary Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 30% of Desi Arnaz movies are Documentary Genre movies. See Top Genres that Desi Arnaz worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Desi Arnaz has worked on is 7.2.

7.2 / 10

Desi Arnaz's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Comedy,Documentary,Music
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)

Home life of Desi & Lucy Arnaz, from beginning to end, actually, including clips of their early lives & family members.

8.1/10108 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Biography,Documentary
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)

A biography of pioneering black American singer/actress Dorothy Dandridge, featuring clips from her films and interviews with friends and co-workers.

7.3/1060 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Documentary
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)

In 1976 CBS gathered many guest stars to participate in this television special celebrating Lucille Ball's amazing TV life.

7.3/10120 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Documentary
Chris Olsen: The Boy Who Cried (2016)

In the movies since he was an infant, Chris Olsen appeared in films by some of the best directors of the 1950's. Even though he never became a famous child actor, he played a pivotal role in some of the most iconic movies of the era. Retired since the age of 14, he looks back on his life as a child actor, trying to find the thread that ties his movie roles together.

7/1017 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Documentary
Lucy! TV's Comedy Queen (2003)

6.6/10120 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Biography,Drama
Being the Ricardos (2021)

6.5/10131 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime,Drama
The Escape Artist (1982)

Teenager Danny Masters, the son of the late Harry Masters, considered the second best escape artist in history, wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he already a skilled but untested ...

6.1/1094 min

Available in 4 platform(s).