Desi Arnaz Jr.

Drummer

Desi Arnaz Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 19th, 1953 and is the Drummer. At the age of 71, Desi Arnaz Jr. biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV
Date of Birth
January 19, 1953
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, United States
Age
71 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$40 Million
Profession
Actor, Musician, Screenwriter, Television Actor
Desi Arnaz Jr. Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 71 years old, Desi Arnaz Jr. has this physical status:

Height
175cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Dark brown
Eye Color
Dark brown
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Desi Arnaz Jr. Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Roman Catholic
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
San Diego State University
Desi Arnaz Jr. Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Linda Purl ​ ​(m. 1979; div. 1980)​, Amy Laura Bargiel ​ ​(m. 1987; died 2015)​
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
Siblings
Lucie Arnaz
Desi Arnaz Jr. Life

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (born January 19, 1953), also known as Desi Arnaz Jr., is an American actor and singer.

He is the uncle of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Early life

Arnaz was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 19, 1953 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Lucie Arnaz, an actor who was born in 1951, is his older sister.

His birth was one of the most widely known in television history. Ball's pregnancy was included in the story line, which was considered daring in 1952. His parents were the stars of the television sitcom I Love Lucy, and his birth was regarded as daring. Lucy Ricardo, the fictional Desi Jr., gave birth to "Little Ricky" on the same day Ball gave birth to Desi Jr. Arnaz appeared on the front of Lucy's TV show "Lucy's $50,000,000 baby" ($510,213,033 in 2021 dollars), a tribute to how interested the American people were in Lucy's television baby. Richard Keith, the actor from A.k.a., is an actor who plays Richard Keith (a.k.a. Keith Thibodeaux (Mittle Ricky) appeared in the television series later; Keith spent a long time with Lucie and Desire Jr. in childhood and became close friends with the family, showing Desi Jr. how to play drums.

Arnaz attended University High School in West Los Angeles.

Personal life

Julia Arnaz, a child of model Susan Callahan-Howe, was born in 1968 when they were both 15 years old; Julia Arnaz's relationship with Desi Jr. was established by a paternity test in 1991.

When Arnaz was 17 and she was 23, she dated Patty Duke. He accompanied Duke to the 1970 Emmy Awards ceremony, where she received the Emmy for Outstanding Single Achievement. The union became tabloid news, and Duke and his mother did not approve of them together, and Duke became pregnant. After breaking up, writer and music producer Michael Telling suggested that Duke be married as a way out of the scandal. Telling Arnaz that he was his biological father was his son, Sean Astin, lasted only 13 days, although genetic tests later revealed that Tell was his father. "I can call any of them on the phone any time I want to... My four dads, John, Desire, Mike, or Papa Mike," Astin said. (Michael Pearce, Duke's son after John Astin, was his step-father).

Arnaz continued to work with entertainer Liza Minnelli, another son of whom his mother was disapproving; Ball thought that the singer-actress was too young for her son and that there was no influence on him because of Minnelli's apparent irresponsible lifestyle, not a good measure of him. In March 1973, Arnaz joined Minnelli at the Academy Awards Ceremony, where she received the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Linda Purl, a 1979 actress, was married in Arnaz. Purl filed for divorce on January 3, 1980, which was finalized later this year. Arnaz married Amy Bargiel on October 8, 1987. Haley and the couple's daughter lived in Boulder City, Nevada, with their daughter. Arnaz bought the Boulder Theatre in town in 1997 and rebuilt it, bringing it right of ruin. The cinema became the home of the Boulder City Ballet Company following its conversion to a theatre.

Desi's wife Amy died of cancer at the age of 63 in 2015. Both Desi and Amy were fans of Vernon Howard Howard and attended Howard's New Life Foundation in Boulder City. They also helped Guy Finley, a fellow of Vernon Howard's students, and his Life of Learning Center for Spiritual Growth.

Desiree S. Anzalone, a photographer, died of breast cancer on September 27, 2020, at the age of 31. When she was 25 years old, she was first diagnosed with cancer.

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Desi Arnaz Jr. Career

Career

Arnaz, a 12-year-old drummer with Dino, Desi, & Billy, was a member of Dino, Desi, Billy and Billy. Dean Paul Martin (son of Dean Martin) and Billy Hinsche were among the others. In 1965, the band had two hit singles with "I'm a Fool" and "Not the Lovin' Kind."

Desi Arnaz and his sister Lucie costarred opposite their mother in Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. In 1968, he appeared in "The Hombre Who Came to Dinner Part II," as Jerry and Suzie's drum-playing buddy Tommy. He appeared on "The Real Dream" by Brady Bunch in 1970. In 1973, he appeared in "Marco," a film about adventurer Marco Polo's life. However, it did not register at the box office, as with most Hollywood musicals of that period.

Arnaz appeared in Billy Two Hats with Gregory Peck in 1974. He appeared on two episodes of San Francisco's television series The Streets of San Francisco in 1976. Desi Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. also appeared in a 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL), which was also hosted by both Desi Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. For I Love Lucy, the younger Arnaz played Ricky Ricardo while Gilda Radner played Lucy.

He appeared in the film Joyride opposite fellow children of famous actress Melanie Griffith, Robert Carradine, and Anne Lockhart in 1977.

Arnaz's career lasted into the late 1980s with various TV appearances and a leading role in the film Automan, which ran from 1983 to 1984.

In 1992, he appeared in the film The Mambo Kings, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, that he felt treated his father with reverence. Desi Jr., playing his father's character Ricky Ricardo, appears opposite his mother as Lucy Ricardo in a scene from the television series intercut with the cast.

He was touring with Dino, Desi & Billy between 1998 and 2010, which featured Arnaz, Desi & Billy, and Ricci Martin (the youngest son of Dean Martin). The group performed original material as well as the songs of the original band.

He served as Vice President of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York, from 2002 to 2007. He resigned due to a spat with the executive director over the center of the operation.

Arnaz and his sister Lucie won the Legacy of Laughter award posthumously awarded to their mother in 2007.

With Lucie Arnaz, Raul Esparza, and Valarie Pettiford, Arnaz has also headlined Babalu: A Celebration of Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra.

Arnaz appeared in Babalu at the Library of Congress' Coolidge Auditorium on October 15, 2011. The exhibition was held in association with the Library's Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection.

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