Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 to December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with I Love Lucy, and they co-founded and ran the television production company Desilu Productions to market the show to television networks. The atlas records him among the producers of I Love Lucy.
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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.
Awards and honors: primetime-emmy-award
Unlike his co-stars, Arnaz was never nominated for an Emmy for his performance in I Love Lucy; however, as executive producer of the series, he was nominated four times in the Best Situation Comedy category, winning twice.
Awards and honors: golden-globe-award
In 1956, he won a Golden Globe for Best Television Achievement for helping to shape the American Comedy through his contributions in front of and behind the camera of I Love Lucy.
Awards and honors: television-academy-hall-of-fame
He was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame.
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