Ken Page
Acting
Born January 20, 1954, St. 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.
Filmography
- 2007Shortcut to Happiness — Clerk
- 2006Dreamgirls — Max Washington
- 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")
- All Grown Up!
- 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures — Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")
- 1998Cats — Old Deuteronomy
- Charmed — Adair
- 1995Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall — Police Chief Magruder
- Duckman — (voice)
- 1994I'll Do Anything — Hair Person
- South Central — Dr. Raymond McHenry
- Touched by an Angel — Ox
- 1993The Nightmare Before Christmas — Oogie Boogie (voice)
- Adventures in Wonderland — Walrus
- Capital News — Captain Russell
- 1990The Kid Who Loved Christmas — Dwight McReady
- 1989All Dogs Go to Heaven — King Gator (voice)
- Family Matters — Darnell Watkins
- 1989Polly — Mayor Warren
- 1988Torch Song Trilogy — Murray
- Sable — Joe Tyson
- 1982Ain't Misbehavin' — Performer
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self