Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV , known professionally as Desi Arnaz Jr., is an American actor and musician and the first husband of Linda Purl. He is the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
From 1968 to 1974, Desi Arnaz and his sister Lucie co-starred opposite their mother in Here’s Lucy as her children. In 1970, he appeared on The Brady Bunch episode “The Possible Dream.
From about 2002 to 2007, he was vice president of the board of Directors of the Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York. He resigned over a dispute with the executive director of the centre.
In 2007, Arnaz appeared at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards with his sister Lucie to accept the Legacy of Laughter award posthumously given to their mother. Arnaz has also headlined Babalu: A Celebration of the Music of Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra with Lucie Arnaz, Raul Esparza and Valarie Pettiford.
Arnaz married actress Linda Purl in 1979. On January 3, 1980, Purl filed for divorce, which was finalized later that year.
On October 8, 1987, Arnaz married Amy Laura Bargiel. The couple lived in Boulder City, Nevada, with their daughter, Haley.
In 1997, Arnaz purchased the Boulder Theatre in town and restored it, when it had been on the brink of ruin. After its conversion to a theatre, the cinema became the home of the Boulder City Ballet Company.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV ex-wife, Linda Purl is an American actress and singer, known for her roles as Ashley Pfister on Happy Days, Sheila Munroe in the 1982 horror film Visiting Hours, Pam Beesly’s mother Helene in The Office, and Ben Matlock’s daughter Charlene Matlock for the first season of the television series Matlock.