Desi Arnaz

Arnaz would make a guest appearance on the TV series Alice starring Linda Lavin and produced by I Love Lucy co-creators Madelyn Pugh (Madelyn Davis) and Bob Carroll Jr. The original Desilu company continued long after Arnaz's divorce from Ball both producing its own shows and providing production facilities to other producers.

He and Ball are generally credited as the inventors of the rerun in connection with the show. Desiderio Arnaz (better known as Desi Arnaz) (March 2 1917 – December 2 1986) was a Cuban-born American musician actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band the Desi Arnaz Orchestra he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy starring with Lucille Ball to whom he was married at the time.