The five-year-old (the Little Ricky that was old enough to talk) was played by Keith Thibodeaux (stage name was Richard Keith at the time).
Five, actually. There were two sets of twins who played him on "I Love Lucy". And on the "Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", (I Love Lucy seasons 7-9), one actor played the six year old Little Ricky. He was born Keith Thibodeaux, but Desi changed his name to Richard Keith so he could be called Little Ricky on and off stage.
For starters the show was called "I Love Lucy" and their real names are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz And on I Love Lucy they had 1 child named Little Ricky but in real life they had three children but the one on the show wasn't one of their real children.
Little Ricky Ricardo
The newborn (in the hospital) 'Little Ricky' was played by John Grazer, and was a one time appearance. For the remainder of the season (#2), 'Little Ricky' was played by twins named Richard Lee and Ronald Lee Simmons. Then, starting in Season 3, a second set of twins - Joseph David and Michael Lee Mayer took the role, and remained as 'Little Ricky' for the next three seasons (#3,4,5). Five-year-old Keith Thibodeaux made his appearance starting in the first episode of Season 6 ("Lucy and Bob Hope"), and remained 'Little Ricky' through the end of the series + The Lucy/Design Comedy Hour episodes.
There is a saying that "I Love Lucy" is airing somewhere in the world at every hour.
Five, actually. There were two sets of twins who played him on "I Love Lucy". And on the "Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour", (I Love Lucy seasons 7-9), one actor played the six year old Little Ricky. He was born Keith Thibodeaux, but Desi changed his name to Richard Keith so he could be called Little Ricky on and off stage.
ETHEL MERTZ
I Love Lucy - 1951 Little Ricky Gets a Dog - 6.14 was released on: USA: 21 January 1957
I Love Lucy - 1951 Little Ricky's School Pageant 6-10 was released on: USA: 17 December 1956
I Love Lucy - 1951 Little Ricky Gets a Dog 6-14 was released on: USA: 21 January 1957
litle ricky ricardo
Lucy's actual son, Desi Arnaz Jr, was 36 years old when Lucy died in 1989. The fictional character of Little Ricky was played by a number of different actors.
For starters the show was called "I Love Lucy" and their real names are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz And on I Love Lucy they had 1 child named Little Ricky but in real life they had three children but the one on the show wasn't one of their real children.
They named him Fred after Fred Mertz.
Keith Thibodeaux/stage name Richard Keith (aka Little Ricky - I Love Lucy)
Little Ricky Ricardo
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