Ken Page
- Schauspiel
- 20. Januar 1954 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 30. September 2024
Biografie
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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Selbst
- Shortcut to Happiness - Der Teufel steckt im Detail · Clerk
- Dreamgirls · Max Washington
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II · Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")
- Broadway's Lost Treasures · Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")
- All Grown Up - Fast erwachsen
- Charmed - Zauberhafte Hexen · Adair
- Cats · Old Deuteronomy
- Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall · Police Chief Magruder
- Ein Hauch von Himmel · Ox
- South Central · Dr. Raymond McHenry
- Duckman · Stimme
- Geht’s hier nach Hollywood? · Hair Person
- Nightmare Before Christmas · Oogie Boogie (Stimme)
- Adventures in Wonderland · Walrus
- Der Brief an den Weihnachtsmann · Dwight McReady
- Capital News · Captain Russell
- Charlie - Alle Hunde kommen in den Himmel · King Gator (Stimme)
- Polly- Ein Engel auf Erden · Mayor Warren
- Alle unter einem Dach · Darnell Watkins
- Das Kuckucksei · Murray
- Sable · Joe Tyson
- Ain't Misbehavin' · Performer