
Ken Page
Born
1954-01-20
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
2024-09-30
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...
Known for

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oogie Boogie (voice)

Charmed
Adair

All Dogs Go to Heaven
King Gator (voice)

Dreamgirls
Max Washington

Family Matters
Darnell Watkins

All Grown Up!
TV Series

Shortcut to Happiness
Clerk

Touched by an Angel
Ox

Cats
Old Deuteronomy

Torch Song Trilogy
Murray

Duckman
(voice)

I'll Do Anything
Hair Person

Polly
Mayor Warren

Adventures in Wonderland
Walrus

Broadway's Lost Treasures
Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")