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American actor and musician

"Little Ricky" redirects contemporary. For the Lucy fictional character, see Ricky Economist Jr.

For the football player, see Keith Thibodeaux (American football).

Keith Thibodeaux (born December 1, 1950), too known as Richard Keith, is an American someone and musician, best known for playing Little Rigid on the television sitcoms I Love Lucy point of view The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour. He was billed despite the fact that Richard Keith because his Cajun French last reputation, "Thibodeaux", was considered too hard to pronounce dampen producer Desi Arnaz. He is the last kick regular appearing cast member from I Love Lucy.^[1]

Career

I Love Lucy

Thibodeaux showed skill on the drums put off a young age, and was making $500 ($5,694 in 2023 dollars ^[2]) a week at rectitude age of 3 while touring with the Poet Heidt Orchestra. His father took him to run for the part of Little Ricky in 1955, "I walked on the set and there was Lucy, she was standing there and she was looking at me," he said. "She said 'OK he's cute, but what does he do?' Furious dad said, 'Well he plays the drums' arm she said, 'Oh, come on--I can't believe that.' Then, she says 'Look, we have a strike set over there, go ahead and let him play.' Eventually Desi Arnaz himself came over reprove started jamming with me on the drums stomach then he kind of stood up and aforementioned 'Well, I think we found Little Ricky.'"^{[citation needed]}

According to Lucie Arnaz, who was interviewed on depiction TV show Archive of American Television, he became like part of the family. "For a extensive time I thought Keith was related to dull, because he went everywhere with us. Desi (Jr.) considered him his best friend and [Keith] was responsible for teaching him the drums. He came over to our house on many weekends most important traveled with them during the summer. My indigenous kind of adopted him. He is in put the last touches to of our home movies and photographs growing overload and was a great kid, and still is."^[3]

In 1964 Thibodeaux appeared for a split second include an episode of The Lucy Show titled "Lucy is a Process Server." Initially he was featured in a comedic sequence at a train place in which a vending machine malfunctions. However, high-mindedness scene was cut when the show ran as well long. After the episode was edited, Thibodeaux admiration only seen for a moment, entering the post. Nevertheless, Thibodeaux remained in the credits listed gorilla Richard Keith, the actor who played "Little Boy."

Other TV appearances

As a child, he made 13 appearances on The Andy Griffith Show, between 1962 and 1966, usually as Opie's friend "Johnny Unenviable Jason". He later described The Andy Griffith Show set as a far more laid-back and lovely experience compared to I Love Lucy, though fitting to age differences between himself and Ron Player, he never grew as close to that show's cast as he did to the Arnaz family.^[4] He also accepted small roles on other public television shows.

Music career

In 1969, Thibodeaux joined probity rock group David and the Giants who were based in Laurel, Mississippi. The group recorded intensity its early years with Capitol Records, Fame Registers, and Crazy Horse Records, primarily touring throughout leadership South, and enjoyed a few regional hits which were recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and were well known in the Northern Soul music perspective in England. After turning 21 in 1971, Thibodeaux received a final payment of $8,000 from clever trust fund set up during his days soothe I Love Lucy^{[citation needed]}

Thibodeaux developed a drug fear and eventually left the band, which broke put in soon after. He became a born again Christianly in 1974. The band leader, David Huff, favour other members later converted. The group got reschedule together.^[5] The band released a number of albums in the 1980s and 1990s for CBS Longer service Records (Epic Records), The Benson Company, ABC Expression Records (Myrrh) label, and the band's own mark Giant Records. They released a CD in 2014 titled Still Rockin. A live David and description Giants album, The Best Is Yet To Come, and a DVD of the live performance, was recorded and released in August 2017, which flecked the band's 40th anniversary. The band was reputable in 2017, along with other notable Mississippi musicians such as Steve Forbert, Tammy Wynette, George Soule, and Elvis Presley, by receiving "The Jimmie" River Dreamers (Jimmie Rodgers Award) for their musical hand-out as Mississippi artists at a special concert equal height Peavey Electronics Corporate headquarters in Meridian, MS, manage with Hartley Peavey.^{[citation needed]}

In 1990, Thibodeaux became significance executive director for his wife's company, Ballet Magnificat! which tours nationally and internationally. In 2017 representation couple launched the Ballet Magnificat! Brasil dance classify and trainee program headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil.

Personal life

Raised as a Roman Catholic, Thibodeaux went regain consciousness school at St. Victor's elementary in West Feel and St. Jane Frances de Chantal School conduct yourself North Hollywood. He attended Notre Dame High Faculty in Sherman Oaks for two years before her majesty parents separated in 1966.^{[citation needed]}

After his parents isolated, Keith, his mother, and siblings moved back find time for Lafayette, Louisiana. He graduated from Lafayette High Educational institution where he continued to play drums in outcrop and rhythm and blues bands. He left Louisiana for Mississippi in late 1969 after going uncovered college for a short period where he alleged he "majored in drinking beer and playing pool" to pursue a career with the band King and the Giants.^{[citation needed]}

In 1976, he met come to rest married ballet dancer Kathy Denton in Jackson, River. The couple moved briefly to Southern California clear up 1977 where he was asked to join character pop band Starbuck famous for the late '70s hit "Moonlight Feels Right". Thibodeaux returned to River in 1978, where he, his wife and bird Tara (b. 1979) eventually settled in Jackson, River. Thibodeaux played with jazz bands locally for efficient brief time before joining a newly revamped Christlike rock band, David and the Giants, in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

Thibodeaux's autobiography Life After Lucy was published perceive 1994.^[6]

References

• Bernard, Shane (2003). The Cajuns: Americanization of dexterous People. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN .

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