US comedian and actor Anthony Clark, star of sitcom Yes, Dear, dies aged 62 on 10 November

Announcement and tributes

US actor and comedian Anthony Clark died on Tuesday, 10 November, at the age of 62. His Yes, Dear co-star Mike O'Malley announced the death in a social media post, which Adnkronos and Vulture say appeared on Instagram, while rmf24 and Rzeczpospolita say it was posted on X. The post, dated 11 November, said Clark had died the day before. O'Malley wrote that the two had spoken by phone three weeks earlier, when Clark made him laugh hard once again, and he closed his message with a farewell to Tony.

O'Malley recalled first seeing Clark perform at The Comedy Connection in Boston in the mid-1990s, when Clark was already selling out comedy shows there.

“I was a fan before I was a friend.”

Comedian Dane Cook added a comment under the post, saying he had performed with Clark during their early years in Boston at the Faneuil Hall Comedy Connection.

“He was one of the best live acts I've ever seen.”

Actor Nick Swardson also paid tribute on Instagram, calling Clark one of his best friends for a long time and saying he had opened shows for him for years.

Cause of death

Vulture and Adnkronos reported that no cause of death was available, and Adnkronos said no place of death had been made public. Rzeczpospolita and Super Express both attributed the cause to Deadline, which reported that Clark died of complications from pneumonia. Super Express added that doctors could not save him.

Early career

Clark was born on 4 April 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and graduated in 1986 from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in mass communication. He started in stand-up comedy and won the Top College Comedian award from the American Collegiate Talent Showcase while still at university. His television debut came in 1991 with a role in American Playhouse. Five years later he took the lead in the sitcom Boston Common, which ran for two seasons from 1996 to 1997 and cast him as Boyd Pritchett, a young man who moves from Virginia to Boston to keep an eye on his sister.

The main milestones of his career are set out below.

Yes, Dear and later work

Clark's best-known role was Greg Warner in Yes, Dear, which Adnkronos and rmf24 describe as a CBS sitcom, while Vulture names NBC. The show ran for six seasons and 122 episodes from 2000 to 2006. Vulture describes the premise as Greg adjusting to his sister-in-law and her family moving into the guest house. According to Adnkronos, the cast also included Mike O'Malley, Liza Snyder and Jean Louisa Kelly. Notícias ao Minuto lists films including The Rock, Grad Night and Killing Cinderella among his credits. Super Express reported that he had left acting a few years before his death and moved into property trading.