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Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha, III, a.k.a. Ricky Ricardo is a main character in the television show I Love Lucy, played by Desi Arnaz. He is the husband of Lucy Ricardo (played by Lucille Ball) and the father of their son Little Ricky (played by Michael & Joseph Mayer, Keith Thibodeaux) He is a band leader and his trademark song is "Babalu." As he was born in Cuba, he often speaks Spanish, usually when he gets excited or angry. He is known for his accented English and his rapid-fire Spanish.

On the show, Ricky met Lucy on a blind date, although in the first episode of The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour it is retcon so that Lucy and Ricky met in Cuba while Lucy was there on vacation. That was also where they met Fred and Ethel.

The character, and the actor who portrayed him (Desi Arnaz), are memorialized in the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York.

Arnaz was the real-life husband of Lucille Ball.

Ricky Ricardo has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.