Before Landing His Role on ‘I Love Lucy’ Keith Thibodeaux Was Making $500 per Week

Keith Thibodeaux, then billed as Richard Keith, landed the role of Little Ricky in I Love Lucy at the ripe old age of five. A drumming prodigy, Thibodeaux beat out 200 or more child actors to become the fictional son of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. He went on to appear in over 20 episodes of the iconic series and several of its spinoffs. Believe it or not, it wasn’t his first brush with fame. Thibodeaux was already a veteran employee when I Love Lucy came around. In fact, he was making $500 per week by the age of three. 

Keith Thibodeaux landed his first gig with ‘The Horace Heidt Show’

Thibodeaux was just three years old when he auditioned for The Horace Heidt Show as a drummer, the acclaimed musician told the Television Academy in an interview. Thibodeaux explained that he was initially turned down, with Heidt telling his father that the show didn’t need a three-year-old drummer because they already had a 12-year-old drummer. 

!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)
{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};
if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;
n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,’script’,

fbq(‘init’, ‘1931209583834020’);
fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);

You May Also Like

Liam Gallagher hires fearsome US celebrity lawyer costing £1,000 an HOUR as star fights love child court case

OASIS star Liam Gallagher is forking out £1,000 an hour for a…

How Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ Made Him Reflect on Being a Father

Ben Affleck has become a hero dad to the three children that…

Sam Thompson shares cryptic love post after ‘growing close’ to stunning reality star

SAM Thompson looked cheery as he posted a cryptic love post to…

Nepo-baby with Hollywood A-list mom and movie hunk dad lands TV job with top stars – can you guess her famous parents?

THIS nepo-baby is following in the very famous footsteps of her mom…