Ken Page

Ken Page, an American actor and cabaret singer, started in the chorus at the Muny outdoor theater in his hometown of St. Louis. His Broadway debut came in The Wiz, as The Lion, after which he played Nicely-Nicely Johnson in an all-black revival of Guys and Dolls and won a Theatre World Award. He was in the original company of the Fats Waller revue Ain't Misbehavin', taking a Drama Desk Award, and he came back for a 1982 television broadcast and the 1988 Broadway revival. He played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway production of Cats and returned to the part for the 1998 video release. His films included The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Torch Song Trilogy (1988) and Dreamgirls (2006). He also voiced Oogie Boogie in later Disney projects and video games, played God in Randy Newman's Faust and Children of Eden, and developed the cabaret show Page by Page.