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

Ken Page, the Broadway actor whose extensive career included standout roles in “The Wiz” and “Cats,” but whose rich baritone voice reached a wider audience as Oogie Boogie in the perennial hit movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” died on Monday at his home in St. Louis. He was 70.

Ken Page, one of Broadway’s most familiar character actors who indelibly lent his voice to Tim Burton’s holiday film classic The Nightmare Before Christmas as the villainous Oogie Boogie, died Monday,