Editing Richard Keith (actor) (section)

=== ''I Love Lucy'' ===
[[File:Desi Arnaz Richard Keith Maurice Chevalier Lucy Goes To Mexico 1958.jpg|thumb|[[Desi Arnaz]], Richard Keith, [[Maurice Chevalier]] from ''[[The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour]]'' episode "Lucy Goes to Mexico", 1958]]
[[File:Lucille Ball Richard Keith Desi Arnaz I Love Lucy 1956.jpg|thumb|right|With [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Desi Arnaz]] on the set of the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "Off to Florida", 1956]]

Thibodeaux showed skill on the drums at a young age, and was making $500 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|500|1953}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}) a week at the age of 3 while touring with the [[Horace Heidt Orchestra]]. His father took him to audition for the part of Little Ricky in 1955, "I walked on the set and there was Lucy, she was standing there and she was looking at me," he said. "She said 'OK he's cute, but what does he do?' My dad said, 'Well he plays the drums' and she said, 'Oh, come on--I can't believe that.' Then, she says 'Look, we have a drum set over there, go ahead and let him play.' Eventually Desi Arnaz himself came over and started jamming with me on the drums and then he kind of stood up and said 'Well, I think we found Little Ricky.'"{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

According to [[Lucie Arnaz]], who was interviewed on the TV show Archive of American Television, he became like part of the family. "For a long time I thought Keith was related to us, because he went ''everywhere'' with us. [[Desi Arnaz Jr.|Desi (Jr.)]] considered him his best friend and [Keith] was responsible for teaching him the drums. He came over to our house on many weekends and traveled with them during the summer. My mother kind of adopted him. He is in all of our home movies and photographs growing up and was a great kid, and still is."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WIxJnSvFfY4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210808034021/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIxJnSvFfY4&t=335language=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=Lucie Arnaz on "I Love Lucy", video interview, (5:35)| date=19 August 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIxJnSvFfY4&t=335language=en|access-date=2019-08-03}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1964 Thibodeaux appeared for a split second in an episode of ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' titled "Lucy is a Process Server." Initially he was featured in a comedic sequence at a train station in which a vending machine malfunctions. However, the scene was cut when the show ran too long. After the episode was edited, Thibodeaux is only seen for a moment, entering the station. Nevertheless, Thibodeaux remained in the credits listed as Richard Keith, the actor who played "Little Boy."