Desi Arnaz played comic foil to his off-screen wife on 'I Love Lucy.' Behind the scenes, he revolutionized the TV business, ...

Once a second banana, always a second banana when in the shadow of a brighter star, like Lucille Ball. “Desi Arnaz: The Man ...

Todd S. Purdum's biography explores the impact on American culture by the Cuban-born entertainer who (as husband and business ...

Mr. Purdum, a former Times correspondent, is the author of a forthcoming biography of Desi Arnaz. Seventy-five years ago, a fading redheaded movie star and her itinerant bandleader husband were ...

Desi Arnaz, the Cuban-born entertainer, broke conventions when he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball in the TV show "I Love Lucy," playing a prototypical American sitcom dad. He also changed the ...

Arnaz was a behind-the-scenes innovator in the fledgling medium of television, which at the time was frowned upon. The payoff ...

Long overshadowed by his talented wife Lucille Ball, with whom he created ‘I Love Lucy,’ Arnaz is seen in Todd S. Purdum’s ...

Arnaz said: “I can teach you quickly, but only on condition that you go out with me tonight,” according to Warren G. Harris’ biography, Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television ...

“Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television,” Todd S. Purdum’s deeply researched, insightful and enjoyable biography, gives Arnaz his due as an entertainer and a savvy businessman. With ...

Todd S. Purdum shares the first full biography of the visionary, trailblazing Cuban American who revolutionized television.

Read more:'Lucy and Desi': A conversation with Amy Poehler and Lucie Arnaz Like the film, the biography benefits from the cooperation of the couple’s children, Desi Arnaz Jr. and especially ...