Anthony Clark, “Yes, Dear” and “Boston Common” star, dies at 62
Anthony Clark, “Yes, Dear” and “Boston Common” star, dies at 62
Oliver Gettell, Ryan ColemanThu, November 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM UTC
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Anthony Clark, the actor and comedian known for his starring role on the sitcom Yes, Dear, has died at 62.
His death was announced by friend and Yes, Dear castmate Mike O’Malley, who remembered him as “so unique” and “a hilarious guy.”
Clark also featured in comedy specials with Dave Chappelle and Gary Shandling.
Anthony Clark, the actor and comedian known for starring on the sitcoms Yes, Dear and Boston Common, died Tuesday at 62.
His friend and Yes, Dear castmate Mike O’Malley announced the news on social media, sharing a heartfelt tribute. “He was a hilarious guy,” O’Malley wrote. “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 added that Clark 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.”
In a comment on O’Malley’s Instagram post, fellow comedian Dane Cook wrote of Clark, “He was one of the best live acts I’ve ever seen. Destroyed to a point he made you wanna quit right then and there while watching him do it effortlessly. This is really terrible to hear.”
Born in Lynchburg, Va., Clark graduated from Emerson College and got his showbiz start as a stand-up comic.
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Breaking into television, he starred on the short-lived sitcoms Boston Common, playing a campus handyman, and Soul Man, playing an assistant minister opposite Dan Aykroyd.
Clark found more lasting success on the CBS comedy Yes, Dear, which ran for six seasons, from 2000 to 2006. He played Greg Warner, an uptight studio executive raising the perfect nuclear family alongside his wife, Kim (Jean Louisa Kelly). The sudden arrival of her free-spirited sister, Christine (Liza Snyer), and Christine’s laid-back, working-class, husband Jimmy (O’Malley), throws their life into delightful disarray.
Clark also worked on the big screen, making his film debut in Nancy Savoca’s beloved coming-of-age drama Dogfight in 1991. He followed that appearance with a role in Peter Bogdanovich’s The Thing Called Love, which featured River Phoenix and Sandra Bullock.
Back on the small screen, Clark appeared on series like Ellen, Sesame Street, and Last Comic Standing, which he hosted in season 4.
Manager Barry Katz eulogized Clark as “one of the funniest people that I have ever met in my lifetime.” In a touching Instagram post, Katz also remembered Clark as “one of the most talented actors” he’d worked with, accompanying the tribute with a photo of Clark with Chappelle, Cook, and Elon Gold.
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