Anthony Clark, Comedian and ‘Yes, Dear’ Actor, Dies at 62

Anthony Clark in 2003. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Anthony Clark, the stand-up comedian best known for playing Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear, has died. He was 62.

Clark’s friend and former Yes, Dear co-star Mike O’Malley shared on Instagram that he died Tuesday. The cause of death wasn’t immediately available.

“We spoke on the phone three weeks ago. He had us laughing loudly as he always did,” he wrote. “He invested his money well and essentially retired after we wrapped. Rest in peace, Tony.”

Born on April 4, 1964, in Lynchburg, Virginia, Clark graduated from Emerson College in 1986 with a degree in mass communication. He had an early knack for comedy, winning the Top College Comedian Award from the American Collegiate Talent Showcase during his time at Emerson.

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During an interview with The Comic’s Comic in 2006, he opened up about his love of stand-up comedy, saying, “I love stand-up because the reaction is immediate. There’s no director. There’s no writer. No producer. There’s just you. You just get out there and vent. I don’t know why people think I’m funny. But I’m glad they do. I don’t want to have a real job. I just want to hang out.”

A few years after graduating, he made his onscreen debut on an episode of American Playhouse in 1991. But it wasn’t until 1996 that he scored his first lead role on the NBC comedy series Boston Common.

The show follows Boyd (Clark), who moves from Virginia to Boston to spy on his sister who just started college. However, he finds himself working for the student union, where he raises hell more often than he should. The program ran for two seasons from 1996-97.

Clark worked on a few other shows and movies before landing his most well-known character, Greg Warner, on Yes, Dear, which ran for six seasons from 2000-06. The show, which also starred O’Malley, Liza Snyder and Jean Louisa Kelly, centered on two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting.

His other acting credits included Dogfight, The Thing Called Love, Ellen, The Rock, Soul Man, Say Uncle, My Uncle Rafael and West of Liberty.

“He was a hilarious guy,” O’Malley added in his tribute. “When my wife Lisa and I were dating back in the mid-nineties, Anthony was already famous in Boston, regularly selling out comedy shows. The first time we saw him at The Comedy Connection we laughed and laughed and laughed. He was so unique — one of those comics who is laughing along with you at the absurdity of his stories and observations and it just made you laugh harder because he was laughing. I was a fan before I was a friend.”