Editing Desi Arnaz (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:DesiArnazWalkofFameStar.jpg|thumb|Desi Arnaz's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (television)]]
Desi Arnaz has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]: one at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to motion pictures and one at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard for television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hwof.com/stars?recipient=Desi+Arnaz|title=Search results for 'Desi Arnaz' |work=[[The Hollywood Walk of Fame]]}}</ref> 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 [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Best Situation Comedy]] category, winning twice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/desi-arnaz |title=Desi Arnaz |work=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> In 1956, he won a [[Golden Globe]] for [[13th Golden Globe Awards#Television Achievement|Best Television Achievement]] for helping to shape the American Comedy through his contributions in front of and behind the camera of ''I Love Lucy''. He was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/news/hall-fame/desi-arnaz-hall-fame-tribute|title=Desi Arnaz: Hall of Fame Tribute|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center]] museum is in [[Jamestown, New York]], and the Desi Arnaz Bandshell in the Lucille Ball Memorial Park is in [[Celoron, New York]].

Desi Arnaz appears as a character in [[Oscar Hijuelos]]'s 1989 novel ''[[The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love]]'' and is portrayed by his son, Desi Arnaz Jr., in the 1992 film adaptation, ''[[The Mambo Kings]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mambo Kings (1992) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/59318 |website=AFI {{!}} Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref>

[[Maurice Benard]] portrayed Desi Arnaz in the 1991 television film ''[[Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/lucy-and-desi-before-the-laughter/2000262797/ |title= ''Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter'' at TV Guide |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=July 15, 2022 }}</ref>

In the 2003 television film [[Lucy (2003 film)|''Lucy'']], Desi Arnaz was portrayed by [[Danny Pino]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebiopicstory.com/lucy-york-review |title= ''Lucy'' (2003) at The Biopic Story|website=The Biopic Story |access-date=April 27, 2022 }}</ref>

Arnaz was portrayed by [[Oscar Nuñez]] in ''I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom'', a comedy about how Arnaz and Ball battled to get their sitcom on the air. It had its world premiere in Los Angeles on July 12, 2018, co-starring [[Sarah Drew]] as [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Seamus Dever]] as ''I Love Lucy'' creator-producer-head writer [[Jess Oppenheimer]]. The play, written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in front of a live audience for nationwide public radio broadcast and online distribution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/regional/I-Love-LucyA-Funny-Thing-Happened-on-the-Way-to-the-Sitcom-255669|title=I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom|work=Broadway World|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast a serialized version of the play in the UK in August 2020, as ''LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom,'' starring [[Wilmer Valderrama]] as Arnaz and co-starring [[Anne Heche]] as Lucille Ball.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2020/33/lucy-loves-desi-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-sitcom BBC Media Centre page] for "Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom". Bardem received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Arnaz.</ref>

On March 2, 2019, Google celebrated what would have been Arnaz's 102nd birthday with a [[Google Doodle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/desi-arnazs-102nd-birthday/|title=Desi Arnaz's 102nd Birthday|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>

[[Javier Bardem]] portrayed Arnaz in the 2021 biographical film ''[[Being the Ricardos]]'' written and directed by [[Aaron Sorkin]] and produced by [[Amazon Studios]], alongside [[Nicole Kidman]] as Ball. He was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/oscar-nominations-list-of-nominees-1234928251/|title=Oscar Nominations: 'The Power Of The Dog', 'Dune' Top List; 'Drive My Car' Among Big Surprises|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref>