Ken Page

Ken Page

Birthdate
January 20, 1954 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of Death
September 30, 2024
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 20, 1954 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of Death
September 30, 2024
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Ken Page's LGBTQ+ Titles

Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy
Murray

Acting (19)

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2006
Dreamgirls as Max Washington
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures as Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")
2003
Shortcut to Happiness as Clerk
2003
All Grown Up! (1 episode)
1998
Charmed as Adair (1 episode)
1998
Cats as Old Deuteronomy
1994
Touched by an Angel as Ox (1 episode)
1994
South Central as Dr. Raymond McHenry (4 episodes)
1994
I'll Do Anything as Hair Person
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas as Oogie Boogie (voice)
1990
The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Dwight McReady
1990
Capital News as Captain Russell (1 episode)
1989
All Dogs Go to Heaven as King Gator (voice)
1989
Family Matters (1 episode)
1988
Torch Song Trilogy as Murray
1987
Sable as Joe Tyson (7 episodes)
1982
Ain't Misbehavin' as Performer