The St. Louis native also appeared on Broadway as Old Deuteronomy in ‘Cats,’ in ‘Ain't Misbehavin’ ’ and in ‘Guys and Dolls.’

Ken Page, a Broadway star who voiced Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, has died. He was 70.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,″ has died. He was 70.