Who Was Anthony Clark? 5 Things to Know About the Late Comedian – Hollywood Life

Anthony Clark, who played Greg Warner for six seasons on CBS’ Yes, Dear, died on November 10 at 62. Long before he landed the sitcom role, his classmates at Brookville High School in Virginia voted him Comedian of the Year, per The Washington Post. His family had a prediction of their own. As Clark recalled in a 1996 interview, they figured he was “either going to end up in jail or on TV.” By the time he told that story, he was already starring on NBC’s Boston Common.

Following Clark’s death, Yes, Dear co-creator Greg Garcia told Deadline that Clark had “the most insane sense of humor” of any of his friends. “Just a few weeks ago we were laughing hysterically on the phone, trading jokes and telling stories,” Garcia said.

Clark’s longtime manager Barry Katz called him “one of the funniest and most talented comedian/actors I have ever had the pleasure of watching,” adding, “It was an honor to represent him.”

Learn more about Clark below.

He Got His Start in Stand-Up While Attending Emerson College

Clark went to Emerson College in Boston to study acting, but he was also performing stand-up in local comedy clubs. He was named College Entertainer of the Year while at Emerson and graduated in 1986 with a degree in mass communications. By the mid-1990s, he was regularly selling out shows in Boston, where his future Yes, Dear co-star Mike O’Malley first saw him perform at the Comedy Connection.

He Worked With His Nephew on ‘Boston Common’

Clark played Boyd Pritchett on NBC’s Boston Common, and his nephew Steve worked on the show’s crew. In 1996, Clark told The Washington Post that he once put Steve on a bus in Washington with five dollars. According to Clark, his nephew traveled around the country and came back with the same five dollars. “I thought I was the crazy loon in the family, but he’s even funnier than I am,” Clark said.

He Played Greg Warner for Six Seasons on ‘Yes, Dear’

Clark played Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom from 2000 to 2006. Greg and his wife Kim, played by Jean Louisa Kelly, take in Kim’s sister Christine and her husband Jimmy, played by Liza Snyder and O’Malley. With Jimmy and Christine raising their kids in Greg and Kim’s guesthouse, the couples’ different approaches to parenting became a running source of friction over the show’s 122 episodes.

He Appeared in Two Films With River Phoenix

Clark played Oakie, one of the Marines in River Phoenix’s circle, in Nancy Savoca’s 1991 drama Dogfight. Two years later, he played Billy in Peter Bogdanovich’s The Thing Called Love, a drama about aspiring country musicians in Nashville. Phoenix played singer-songwriter James Wright in what became his last completed feature film.

Anthony Clark’s Cause of Death

Clark died on November 10, 2026, at age 62. Multiple outlets reported that he died from complications of pneumonia.