The comic who spent six seasons playing the straight man against the chaos of two warring households on “Yes, Dear” has died.
Anthony Clark, the stand-up comedian and actor who played Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 62, and his longtime manager, Barry Katz, confirmed the death.
His co-star Mike O’Malley announced the death Wednesday, Nov. 11, in posts on X and Instagram, pairing his tribute with behind-the-scenes photographs from the sitcom. “Anthony Clark died yesterday. He was a hilarious guy,” O’Malley wrote.
No official cause has been confirmed. Reports say complications related to pneumonia.
A Fan Before He Was a Friend
Their friendship started at The Comedy Connection in Boston, where O’Malley first watched Clark work a crowd. O’Malley and his wife, Lisa, were dating in the mid-1990s, and Clark was already a name in the city, selling out rooms regularly. “I was a fan before I was a friend,” O’Malley wrote.
O’Malley wrote in his Nov. 11 tribute post that the two men spoke by phone shortly before Clark died. “We spoke on the phone three weeks ago. He had us laughing loudly once again.”
O’Malley described him as 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.
One of His First Clients
Katz posted on Instagram that “Anthony Clark was one of my first clients,” and added, “Arguably one of the funniest people that I have ever met in my lifetime.”
“I’ve known Anthony since his first performances and acting jobs and I was honored to represent him,” Katz said in a further statement. “He brought joy, happiness, and unconditional love to everyone he worked with. The world will miss him.”
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.” The 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.
From Sitcom Dad to Comedy Host
“Yes, Dear” arrived on CBS in 2000 and finished 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.
Clark “essentially retired” after wrapping the final episode of “Yes, Dear,” having “invested his money well,” O’Malley wrote in his Instagram tribute.
The same year the sitcom ended, Clark moved to NBC to host the fourth season of “Last Comic Standing.”
The Barber Who Cut Connery’s Hair
Clark was born April 4, 1964, in Lynchburg, Va., and graduated from Emerson College before he started out as a stand-up comedian. His screen career began in 1991 with a supporting part in “Dogfight,” the 1991 Nancy Savoca film that was his movie 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, played the hotel barber who cuts Sean Connery’s hair in “The Rock,” and acted in “My Uncle Rafael.” On television, he held a recurring role on “Ellen,” starred as Boyd Pritchett in the NBC sitcom “Boston Common,” turned up in the ABC sitcom “Soul Man” and made a guest appearance on “Sesame Street.”
Clark made his final screen appearance in 2019 in the series “West of Liberty.”
