- Born
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- Birth nameKenneth Page
- Height2.04 m
- Ken Page was an African-American actor who is widely known for voicing Oogie Boogie from the Disney animated feature The Nightmare Before Christmas and its various spin-offs and video games including Kingdom Hearts. He also acted in various movies and stage productions including All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Little Mermaid and Little Shop of Horrors.- IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsGloriaGarvin Gilstrap
- Mellifluous tenor-baritone voice
- Is currently the only actor to have played the evil, buggy "Oogie Boogie" (The Nightmare Before Christmas) in any official spin-off requiring the use of the character.
- Auditioned for the original Broadway production of "Ain't Misbehavin'" because a friend of his had told him that he looked a lot like honky-tonk legend "Fats" Waller. Page did not know how to play the piano. He ended up winning a Drama Desk award for playing Waller. 25 years later Ken directed his own, down-scaled touring production of the show.
- Frequently plays Oogie Boogie, in the American sequels or spin-offs of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Starred on Broadway in original casts of "Ain't Misbehavin'" & "Cats".
- Regularly returns to St. Louis to play a role at the Muny, an outdoor summer theater in Forest Park.
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