Anthony Clark, Yes, Dear’s Greg Warner, Dies at 62: His Career Explained | Nov. 13, 2026

Verified November 13, 2026, at 01:04 UTC (November 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, UTC−05:00).

Anthony Clark, the American stand-up comedian and actor who played Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear, died on November 10, 2026, at age 62. His costar Mike O’Malley announced the death on November 11 and remembered Clark’s warm, distinctive comedy. The news has brought fresh attention to the role that made Clark familiar to television audiences: an anxious, rule-following husband and father sharing a complicated household with his more relaxed relatives. PEOPLE’s reporting and interviews.

Clark was not merely a guest star on Yes, Dear. He was one of its four central adult cast members, appearing throughout the series’ six-season run from 2000 to 2006. His pairing with O’Malley was central to the show’s humor: two brothers-in-law with sharply different attitudes toward parenting, money and domestic life.

Destaques

• Anthony Clark played Gregory “Greg” Warner, husband to Kim Warner, on Yes, Dear.
• The CBS sitcom aired from 2000 to 2006 and ran for 122 episodes across six seasons.
• Clark died November 10, 2026, at 62; costar Mike O’Malley publicly confirmed his death the next day.
• Before Yes, Dear, Clark built a stand-up career and starred in Boston Common and Soul Man.

What happened to Anthony Clark in November 2026?

Clark died on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The announcement came on Wednesday, November 11, from Mike O’Malley, who had worked alongside him on Yes, Dear and had known him since the Boston comedy scene. O’Malley recalled watching Clark draw enthusiastic crowds in the 1990s and said they had spoken by phone only weeks earlier. PEOPLE also obtained a remembrance from Clark’s longtime manager Barry Katz, who praised his talent and the happiness he brought to colleagues and audiences. The response was personal because his career had bridged live comedy and family television.

Some later reports attributed his death to complications from pneumonia. As with any newly reported medical detail, readers should distinguish a media account from independently published medical documentation. This article does not present a medical finding or an official death certificate. The established facts are the reported date of death, his age and the announcement by those who knew him.

Who did Anthony Clark play on Yes, Dear?

Clark portrayed Greg Warner, a successful film-industry executive who wants family life to be orderly, responsible and predictable. Greg lives with his wife Kim, played by Jean Louisa Kelly, and their children. His carefully managed world becomes more chaotic when Kim’s sister Christine, played by Liza Snyder, and her husband Jimmy Hughes, played by Mike O’Malley, live in the guest house with their children.

The series is built around a contrast rather than a single hero. Greg is controlled, worried about rules and concerned about what other people think. Jimmy is looser, more spontaneous and generally less interested in impressing anyone. Greg’s attempts to enforce order repeatedly create the kind of family conflict that the show turns into sitcom comedy. Clark’s performance gave Greg both sharp edges and a recognizable vulnerability: even when he was being exasperating, the audience could see a father trying to do right by his family.

Was Greg Warner related to Jimmy Hughes?

Yes, through marriage. Greg’s wife Kim and Jimmy’s wife Christine are sisters, making Greg and Jimmy brothers-in-law. The couples’ contrasting parenting styles—and the practical friction of living so close together—drive much of the series. Clark’s dry reactions to Jimmy’s antics helped establish the comic rhythm between them.

How long was Yes, Dear on television?

Yes, Dear premiered on CBS on October 2, 2000, and its final episode aired February 15, 2006. It ran for six seasons and 122 episodes. Clark was a series lead across its run, not an actor who joined for a single storyline. Although the series belonged to the traditional network family-sitcom era, the central setup—relatives with conflicting approaches to raising children sharing one property—gave viewers a straightforward way to follow the relationships.

The names are easy to mix up when encountering clips or cast lists: Anthony Clark played Greg Warner; Mike O’Malley played Jimmy Hughes; Jean Louisa Kelly played Kim Warner; and Liza Snyder played Christine Hughes. Greg and Kim are one couple; Jimmy and Christine are the other. The actors themselves were colleagues, not the married couples portrayed on screen.

What was Anthony Clark known for before Yes, Dear?

Clark was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on April 4, 1964, and grew up in Virginia before attending Emerson College in Boston. While studying mass communication, he became active in stand-up comedy. TV Guide records his college-comedian recognition in 1986, the year he graduated. He later established himself in Boston and Los Angeles comedy circles, where his conversational storytelling and humor about everyday contradictions became part of his reputation. TV Guide’s Anthony Clark biography.

His television breakthrough came with Boston Common, an NBC sitcom that aired from 1996 to 1997, in which he starred as Boyd Pritchett. He subsequently appeared in Soul Man, alongside Dan Aykroyd, from 1997 to 1998. Those parts came after early screen credits and before the longer-running Yes, Dear, and they show why describing him solely as the actor who played Greg Warner understates his work.

His film appearances included Dogfight, The Thing Called Love and The Rock. After Yes, Dear ended, Clark hosted the fourth season of NBC’s stand-up competition Last Comic Standing in 2006, returning to the comedy world that had launched his career. These credits appear in contemporary reporting and biographical listings, including the Los Angeles Times obituary.

Why is Anthony Clark being remembered for Yes, Dear?

The appeal of Greg Warner was not that he always had the right answer. His determination to make the household run perfectly created jokes precisely because family life rarely works that way. Clark had a stand-up comedian’s feel for pauses, frustrations and reversals, and he used it in scenes with O’Malley to make a conventional domestic situation funny. The contrast between their performances made the show’s family dynamics immediately legible even for occasional viewers.

O’Malley’s remembrance also connected the sitcom years to Clark’s earlier stand-up success. According to PEOPLE, he described being a fan of Clark before the two became friends. Tributes from other comedians, including Nick Swardson, focused on laughter and personal memories rather than a single screen credit. That helps explain why recent interest extends beyond an old television cast list: people are revisiting both an identifiable TV character and a performer admired in comedy clubs.

What should viewers know next?

For anyone encountering Clark’s name through the news, Yes, Dear is the clearest introduction to his best-known television role. Watching the interaction between Greg and Jimmy is especially useful: the humor depends on how Clark’s tightly wound character responds to O’Malley’s less restrained one. Fans curious about his wider range can also look at Boston Common, Soul Man and his time hosting Last Comic Standing.

At the time of this verification, the principal news was Clark’s death and the tributes from people close to him. Any new public memorial arrangements or further confirmed details should be checked against a statement from his representatives or family rather than inferred from social posts. His on-screen legacy, however, is already clear: Greg Warner remains a defining part of the CBS sitcom’s identity.

FAQ

Who was Anthony Clark on Yes, Dear?

He played Greg Warner, Kim Warner’s husband and one of the show’s central parents, throughout the CBS sitcom’s six seasons.

Did Anthony Clark and Mike O’Malley work together?

Yes. They starred together on Yes, Dear as brothers-in-law Greg Warner and Jimmy Hughes. They also knew each other from Boston’s stand-up comedy scene.

When did Anthony Clark die?

He died November 10, 2026, at age 62. Mike O’Malley announced his death publicly on November 11.