The straight man of “Yes, Dear” was selling out Boston comedy rooms years before CBS ever came calling.
Anthony Clark, the stand-up comedian and actor who played Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom “Yes, Dear,” died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 62. His co-star Mike O’Malley announced the death Wednesday, Nov. 11, in posts on X and Instagram.
Clark’s longtime manager, Barry Katz, confirmed the death. No official cause of death has been confirmed, though reports say Clark died from complications related to pneumonia.
“Anthony Clark was one of my first clients,” Katz wrote on Instagram, and added, “Arguably one of the funniest people that I have ever met in my lifetime.” In a further statement, the manager said: “I’ve known Anthony since his first performances and acting jobs and I was honored to represent him.” He continued, “He brought joy, happiness, and unconditional love to everyone he worked with. The world will miss him.”
The Last Call Still Had Laughs
“Anthony Clark died yesterday. He was a hilarious guy,” O’Malley wrote, pairing the tribute with behind-the-scenes photographs from the sitcom.
O’Malley’s Nov. 11 post also recounted a phone conversation with Clark shortly before his death. “We spoke on the phone three weeks ago. He had us laughing loudly once again.”
Clark “essentially retired” after wrapping the final episode of “Yes, Dear,” having “invested his money well,” O’Malley wrote in the Instagram tribute posted Nov. 11.
He Was a Fan First
O’Malley traced the friendship to The Comedy Connection in Boston, where he first watched Clark work a crowd. “I was a fan before I was a friend,” he wrote.
O’Malley and his wife, Lisa, were dating in the mid-1990s, and Clark was already a name in the city, filling rooms with regular sellouts. O’Malley described a singular performer, a comic who found his own stories and observations as absurd as the audience did and laughed along with the room. The two went on to spend six seasons together on a CBS soundstage.
The Straight Man Amid the Chaos
“Yes, Dear” arrived on CBS in 2000 and ran six seasons, finishing after 122 episodes in 2006. The multi-camera comedy followed two couples living in close proximity with sharply contrasting ideas about raising children, and Clark played the straight-man husband and father, holding the line amid the chaos alongside Jean Louisa Kelly and Liza Snyder. In 2006, he moved to NBC to host the fourth season of “Last Comic Standing.”
Greg Garcia, co-creator of “Yes, Dear,” said in a statement that he has been fortunate to count some of the funniest people in the world as friends, and that Clark “had the most insane sense of humor of all of them.”
Comedian Nick Swardson wrote in an Instagram tribute that Clark had been among his closest friends for years, and that the laughter never let up when they were together.
The Barber Who Cut Connery’s Hair
Clark was born April 4, 1964, in Lynchburg, Va., and graduated from Emerson College before starting out as a stand-up comedian. His screen career began in 1991 with a supporting part in “Dogfight,” directed by Nancy Savoca, his film debut.
His national break came in 1995 on HBO’s “Young Comedians” special, hosted by Garry Shandling, with Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. and Dave Attell on the bill. He appeared in “The Thing Called Love,” opposite River Phoenix, in “My Uncle Rafael,” and in “The Rock,” playing the hotel barber who cuts Sean Connery’s hair.
On television, Clark took a recurring role on “Ellen,” starred as Boyd Pritchett in the NBC sitcom “Boston Common,” appeared in the ABC sitcom “Soul Man” and made a guest appearance on “Sesame Street.” He made his final screen appearance in 2019 in the series “West of Liberty.”