Anthony Clark, the stand-up comedian who played Greg Warner for six seasons on CBS’ Yes, Dear, died on November 10, 2026, at age 62. His co-star Mike O’Malley announced the news the next day, recalling how he and his future wife, Lisa, first saw Clark perform at Boston’s Comedy Connection. “I was a fan before I was a friend,” O’Malley wrote.
Learn more about Clark, his cause of death and how his friends and former colleagues remembered him.
Who Is Anthony Clark?
Clark was a stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing Greg Warner on CBS’ Yes, Dear. Greg and his wife Kim, played by Jean Louisa Kelly, share their property with Kim’s sister Christine and her husband Jimmy, played by Liza Snyder and O’Malley. Clark played Greg for all six seasons of the sitcom, which ended in 2006.
Clark grew up in Gladys, Virginia, and started performing stand-up while attending Emerson College in Boston. He appeared on an HBO young comedians special in 1995, starred on NBC’s Boston Common and hosted the fourth season of Last Comic Standing in 2006. On the big screen, he played a hairdresser who gives Sean Connery a haircut in the 1996 action movie The Rock.
What Happened to Anthony Clark?
Clark died on November 10, 2026, at age 62. O’Malley announced his death on X the next day and recalled seeing Clark perform at Boston’s Comedy Connection with his future wife, Lisa, in the mid-1990s. Clark was already selling out shows in the city. “I was a fan before I was a friend,” O’Malley wrote. He said they had spoken on the phone three weeks earlier and that Clark “had us laughing loudly once again.”
Yes, Dear executive producer Greg Garcia said he and Clark had been catching up by phone about once a month. When Garcia started trying stand-up himself, Clark talked with him about life on the road and offered advice. “Just a few weeks ago we were laughing hysterically on the phone, trading jokes and telling stories,” Garcia told Deadline.
What Was Anthony Clark’s Cause of Death?
Clark reportedly died from complications of pneumonia, according to Deadline.
