RICHARD KEITH | 71

Keith Thibodeaux, or professionally known as Richard Keith, is a former child actor who gained prominence for portraying Little Ricky on the sitcoms I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. Keith is the last living regular cast member from I Love Lucy. What got Keith the role at the age of 3 was his exceptional talent in drums. His father took him to audition for the part, and little Keith amazed everyone, including actress Lucille Ball and producer Desi Arnaz. Years after his gig in the sitcom, he had business investments in his wife’s dance company called Ballet Magnificat.

As mentioned above, Keith is pretty much talented in playing drums. He made $500 a week at a very young age as he was on tour with the Horace Heidt Orchestra. His father took him to an audition. Little did Keith know it was his first step to stardom. Keith auditioned in 1955 for the part of Little Ricky and he got the role.