Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead, she constantly tries to perform at his club, the Tropicana, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlord and best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz.
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Cast of I Love Lucy
Lucille BallLucy Ricardo
Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo
Vivian VanceEthel Mertz
William FrawleyFred Mertz
Keith ThibodeauxLittle Ricky (uncredited)
Louis NicolettiWaiter
Bennett GreenMessenger
Frank NelsonFreddie Filmore
Elizabeth PattersonMrs. Trumbull
Doris SingletonCarolyn
Richard ReevesHank
Kathryn CardMrs. McGillicuddy
Jerry HausnerJerry
Bob JellisonBellboy
Hazel PierceMrs. Peterson (uncredited)
Mary Jane CroftBetty Ramsey (uncredited)
Barbara PepperWoman Shopper
Fred AldrichButcher (uncredited)
Peggy ReaDorothy
Herb VigranJulie
Ross ElliottPublicity Man
William HamelMaitre D'
Shepard MenkenStore Owner
Kay WileyWoman Shopper
Charles LaneMr. Hickox
Lee MillarMr. Taylor
Tyler McVeySocial Director
Lou KrugmanClub Babalu Manager (uncredited)
Ray KelloggAssistant DIrector
Tennessee Ernie FordErnie Ford
Shirley MitchellMarion
Margie LisztBetty
Will WrightMr. Walters
Ruth PerrottMrs. Pomerantz
Dayton LummisMr. Eaton
Allen JenkinsPoliceman
Lawrence DobkinMaitre D'
Elvia AllmanMinnie's Neighbor #1
Harry BartellWaiter
Hazel BoynePassenger
Jay NovelloMr. Meriweather (uncredited)
Allan RayServer
Roy RowanAnnouncer
Philip OberArnold (uncredited)
Gale GordonMr. Littlefield
Phil ArnoldMan in Hall
Jess OppenheimerSound Man (voice) (uncredited)
Hal MarchEddie Grant
Hans ConriedMr. Livermore
Maury ThompsonStage Manager
Myra MarshClub Woman
Edith MeiserMrs. Littlefield
Marco RizoMarco (uncredited)
Hy AverbackCharlie
Vernon DentSanta Claus (uncredited)
Parley BaerMr. Reilly
Alberto MorinRobert
Verna FeltonMrs. Porter
Irving BaconMr. Willoughby
June Whitley TaylorSally
Vivi JanissLouann Hall
Ken ChristyDock Agent
Madge BlakeMrs. Mulford
John HartTom Henderson
Don GarnerDelivery Boy
Sandra GouldNancy Johnson
Peter LeedsReporter
Charlotte LawrenceClubwoman
Joseph KearnsDoctor
Maurice MarsacHeadwaiter
Mary EmeryRicky's Mother
John EmeryHarold
Frank GerstleHelicopter Pilot
Stanley FarrarFerryboat Officer
Mario SilettiFarmer
Iva ShepardMaid
Virginia BarbourProfessor's Assistant
John GallaudetJohnny Clark
Ben NiemsPoliceman
Dick ElliottMale Spectator (uncredited)
Paul PowerAward Presenter
Byron KaneMorris Williams
Trevor WardGroom
Vicente PadulaDrunk
John MylongPoliceman
Maxine SemonNurse
Peter BroccoDominic
Ray FerrellBruce Ramsey (uncredited)
Eleanor AudleyEleanor Spaulding (uncredited)
Tris CoffinHarry Munson (uncredited)
Harpo MarxHarpo Marx
Mabel PaigeMrs. Hansen
Milton FromeSam Carter
Cornel WildeCornel Wilde
Nancy KulpMaid
John FrankNewspaperman
Richard WidmarkRichard Widmark
Howard McNearMr. Crawford (uncredited)
Charles BoyerCharles Boyer
Stephen WoottonLittle Barney
Claude AkinsClaude Akins (uncredited)
John LitelHarvey Cromwell
Elsa LanchesterEdna Grundy
Hedda HopperHedda Hopper
John WayneJohn Wayne
Van JohnsonVan Johnson
Eve ArdenEve Arden (uncredited)
Ellen CorbyMiss Hanna
Pierre WatkinMr. Dorrance
Ben WeldenThief (uncredited)
Edward Everett HortonMr. Ritter
Sheldon LeonardHarry Martin (uncredited)
Gerald MohrDr. Stewart
Richard CrennaArthur Morton
Frank SullyDelivery Man
Milton ParsonsMr. Thurlow
Norma VardenMrs. Benson
Rosa TurichCarlotta Romero
Jimmy DemaretJimmy Demaret
Natalie SchaferPhoebe Emerson
Mary WickesMadame Le Mond
Arthur Q. BryanMr. Chambers
James BurkeMr. Watson
K.T. StevensMrs. O'Brien
Orson WellesOrson Welles
Strother MartinMan in Coffee Shop
William HoldenWilliam Holden
George ReevesSuperman (uncredited)
Sheila MacRaeSheila MacRae
Bob HopeBob Hope
Benny RubinDriver
Emory ParnellPoliceman
Bea BenaderetMiss Lewis
Robert B. WilliamsBailiff
Paul HarveyArt Critic
Janet WaldoPeggy Dawson
Harry AckermanNetwork Sponsor #2 (uncredited)
Gloria BlondellGrace Foster
Hayden RorkeMr. O'Brien
Brenda MarshallBrenda Marshall
Marilyn BordenTwin
Ralph SanfordGuard (uncredited)
Florence HalopWoman #1 (voice)
Harry CheshireSam Johnson
Amzie StricklandSalesgirl
Rosalyn BordenTwin
Lurene TuttleClub President
Douglas EvansDoug
Sammy OggJimmy Hudson (uncredited)
Eve McVeaghRoberta
David StolleryTimmy Hudson (uncredited)
Gail BonneyMrs. Hudson (uncredited)
Richard Lee SimmonsLittle Ricky (uncredited)
Ronald Lee SimmonsLittle Ricky (uncredited)
Pat MoranBuffo
Hal HudsonNetwork Sponsor #3 (uncredited)
Adele LongmireNurse
Kenny MorganKenny (uncredited)
Lewis MartinJim White (uncredited)
Frank J. ScannellBurlesque Comic
John BrownMr. Murdoch
Florence BatesMrs. Pettebone
Lita BaronRenita
Rita CondeMaria
Gil HermanAssassin #2
Robert EllisOffice Boy
Alvin HurwitzMr. Snodgrass
Amanda MilliganChocolate Dipper
Charles VictorMan in Closet
Veola VonnGirl Emcee
Paul DubovJerry
Moroni OlsenJudge
Helen DicksonShowgirl #2
Gertrude AstorShowgirl #4
Pepito PérezClown
Lou MerrillDoctor
Leon BelascoClerk
Ralph MontgomeryPoliceman
Ida MooreRuth Knickerbocker
Sally CornerWoman in Fur Salon
Carol RichardsJuanita
Ransom M. ShermanMan in Park
Byron FoulgerLeader of Band
Helen SilverRosemary (uncredited)
Alice WillsMadame X
Oliver BlakeZeb Allen
Alberto CalderoneAlberto
Maurice HillTom Williams
Arthur WalshArthur Walsh
Eve WhitneyEve Whitney
Joan BanksEleanor Harris
Lillian MolieriYoung Carlotta
Max TerhuneVentriloquist
Frank JaquetLaundry Checker
Tony MichaelsLaundry Man
Patsy MoranWoman at Laundry
Fred ShermanDrunk
Joe MillerPatron
George PierroneCaddy
Virginia BrissacMrs. Hammond
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