Died at 72
male
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
Oogie Boogie
for Oogie Boogie in Hotel Transylvania 5: A Monster Holiday (2026)
Suggested by super_wahrrior
Some odd months after the events of the previous film, the hotel has gone back to normal, and all of the monsters and humans have reverted back to their original states, such as Dracula back to being a vampire, Murray back to being a mummy, and Wayne back to being a werewolf. Additionally, it's December, and the Drac Pack is busting out Dracula's old family traditions of Hanukah, a holiday that his family has celebrated since Dracula was first born. However, just before the monsters can go celebrate the vampire's holiday, they discover that their traditions have been banned by Sandy Claws, a monster-ified version of Santa Claus. Sandy's goal for this December is to make Christmas the supreme holiday for all religions to celebrate. Not wanting to lose his family's old Hanukah traditions, Dracula and company decide to set out on a quest to prevent the traditions from being permanently banned by Sandy Claws so that he can continue celebrating his family's favorite holiday of the year once more.
