Ken Page

Known for ActingBorn 1954-01-20Died 2024-09-30St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Page began in the chorus before making his Broadway debut in The Wiz playing The Cowardly Lion. He made a large number of stage appearances but also performed as a cabaret singer with an act entitled Page by Page. Page also appeared on screen making his television debut in 1984 and film debut in 1988's Torch Song Trilogy. He appeared as the voice of Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas and related video games, in Dreamgirls as Max Webster and in such television programmes as Sable and Adventures in Wonderland. Page appeared in a number of roles on stage, originating the part of Ken in Ain't Misbehavin' and appearing as Old Deuteronomy in Cats on both Broadway and in the filmed production. He also originated the part of Father in Children of Eden, played The Cowardly Lion in several productions of The Wizard of Oz and appeared in Disney musicals Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. Page also sang in his animated voice roles, performing the duet "Let's Make Music Together" in All Dogs Go to Heaven and "The Oogie Boogie Song" in The Nightmare Before Christmas.Read more

Movies & web series

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Ain't Misbehavin'

Charmed

Polly

The Nightmare Before Christmas

All Grown Up!

Adventures in Wonderland

Cats

Torch Song Trilogy

Touched by an Angel

Duckman

Dreamgirls

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Family Matters

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Capital News

South Central

Shortcut to Happiness

Sable

I'll Do Anything

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall