Anthony Clark, the stand-up comedian best known for playing Greg Warner on the CBS sitcom Yes deardied. He was 62 years old.
Clark’s friend and former Yes dear his co-star Mike O’Malley shared on Instagram that he died on Tuesday. The cause of death was not immediately available.
“We spoke on the phone three weeks ago. He made us laugh hard like he always did,” he wrote. “He invested his money well and retired when he was done. Rest in peace, Tony.”
Born April 4, 1964, in Lynchburg, Virginia, Clark graduated from Emerson College in 1986 with a degree in mass communications. He had an early talent for comedy, winning the Top College Comedian Award from the American Collegiate Talent Showcase during his time at Emerson.
During an interview with The comic strip in 2006, he spoke about his love for stand-up, saying: “I love stand-up because the reaction is immediate. There’s no director. There’s no writer. No producer. It’s just you. You just go out and let off steam. I don’t know why people think I’m funny. But I’m glad they do. I don’t want to have a real job. I just want to get out.”
A few years after graduating, he made his on-screen debut in an episode of American theater in 1991. But it wasn’t until 1996 that he landed his first starring role in the NBC comedy series Boston Township.
The series follows Boyd (Clark), who moves from Virginia to Boston to spy on his sister who has just started college. However, he finds himself working for the student union, where he makes a fuss more often than he should. The program lasted two seasons from 1996 to 1997.
Clark worked on a few other shows and films before having his best-known character, Greg Warner, appear on Yes dearwhich ran for six seasons from 2000 to 2006. The show, which also starred O’Malley, Liza Snyder and Jean Louisa Kelly, centered on two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting.
His other acting credits included Air combat, The thing called love, Helene, The Rock, Man of soul, Say my uncle, My uncle Rafael And West of Liberty.
“He was a hilarious guy,” O’Malley added in his tribute. “When my wife Lisa and I were dating in the mid-’90s, Anthony was already famous in Boston, where he regularly sold out shows. The first time we saw him at The Comedy Connection, we laughed and laughed and laughed. He was so unique, one of those comedians who laughs with you at the absurdity of his stories and observations and it makes you laugh even more because he laughed. I was a fan before I was a friend.”
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