Ricky Ricardo Biography

Ricky Ricardo, was born Enrique Alberto Ricardo y de Acha III in Havana, Cuba. Ricky was raised in Cuba by his Uncle Alberto. Ricky's father gives him lots of advice on life in which he tells his wife Lucy. Ricky has five brothers and his mother is a great singer and dancer. Ricky got the part in a Broadway play "Too Many Girls." He also worked at the Copacabana. Ricky met and married Lucille McGillicuddy at the Byram River Beagle Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Ricky and Lucy are very happily married although Lucy tries to get into his shows at the Tropicana Night Club where he works. In 1952 he became the manager of the club until he buys it in 1956 and renames it, The Club Babalu. "Babalu" is Ricky's most popular song which he sings often.

Ricky's best friend is Fred Mertz the landlord who is a generation older than Ricky. Ricky and Fred love to watch the fights, play poker with Charlie and Hank, and play golf on occasions.

In the winter of 1953 Ricky became a father when his wife Lucy gave birth to a son, Little Ricky. In the fall of 1954 Ricky got a Hollywood movie deal so he, Lucy and the Mertzes head off for California. Ricky's movie deal about Don Juan was halted, shelved and never heard of again.

Upon returning to New York in the fall of 1955 Ricky goes on tour in Europe with his band. Lucy and the Mertzes go along as well. After returning to New York in 1956 Lucy wanted to move to the country, so the Ricardos move to Connecticut in the fall of 1957. This causes Ricky to commute back and forth from Connecticut to New York.