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American actor Kin Shriner portrays Scott Baldwin, the attorney, in General Hospital. He has been representing many of the Port Charles residents in the courts. The actor recovered from foot surgery in the first week of July 2024. He is back in action on the soap. Currently, he is wrapped up in Ava's case against Sonny, which involves taking witnesses to safety.
Kin Shriner has been part of General Hospital since 1977, when an adult law graduate, Scott returned to the city and got involved with the other residents. Shriner left the soap in 1980, returning to work again between 1981 and 1983. He was again spotted in the soap between 1987 and 1993 and reprised his role in the soap's spinoff, Port Charles.
General Hospital: A quick look at Shriner's Scott Baldwin
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The character of Scott Baldwin was introduced on General Hospital in 1965 when a young Scott, played by Johnny Whittaker, arrived in town with his mother. His mother, Meg, married Lee Baldwin, and Scott was adopted by his stepfather. When his mother died, Lee raised Scott and sent him off to law school.
Shriner joined the cast of the soap when a grownup Scott was introduced into the storyline. Initially part of the soap for periods of three-to-four years in a go before exiting and rejoining, Shriner currently appears as a recurring cast member.
Scott has had multiple romantic interests, from Laura Webber and Bobbie Spencer to Heather Webber and Lucy Coe. In the marriage department, he wed Susan Moore for her money and later, Dominique Stanton before she died. He left Port Charles with his daughter Serena but returned when Serena was abducted.
After ensuring Serena's safety, Scott started dating Eve Lambart but continued to eye Laura. He briefly married and divorced Lucy. However, Laura rejected his marriage proposal.
Laura was briefly committed to a mental care facility because of a mental breakdown over Rick's death. In reality, the lawyer himself had killed Rick trying to defend his lady's love. When a verbal fight with Lulu, Laura, and Luke's daughter brought Laura to her senses, Scott took her to Los Angeles and later to France.
In 2013, Laura and Scott had a quick wedding. But Lulu was kidnapped, leading to Laura and Luke sharing worries and time. As such, Scott ended his marriage. At around the same time, he learned about having a son from his drunken intimacy with Heather.
Following his divorce, he tried dating Lucy, Bobbie, and Ava for some time. He represented Liz in Franco's implanted memory case. Franco's murder left Scott devastated, leading to his closeness with Liesl, who had information about the killing. Dating and a kidnap incident later, he proposed by Liesl turned him down. Since then, Scott has become involved in various legal cases on General Hospital.
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General Hospital: Current status of Scott Baldwin on the show
Amid rumors of exiting the show for health reasons, Scott has been keeping busy with the legal clashes and disagreements in Port Charles. He has also proved that he is not always a righteous attorney. He represented Liz in the Esme kidnapping case and sided with Lucy against Tracy.
He even suggested Heather be represented by him over cobalt poisoning from hip implants. However, convinced by Lucy, he dropped the case. Currently, he is getting ready to help Ava in her custody battle with Sonny over Avery. To bring down Sonny, he must collaborate with agent Cates.
General Hospital's August 15, 2024, episode found the lawyer's plan to take pharmacist Clement to a safe location. He had Ava and Cates with him. Since Cates had pushed Clement to switch Sonny's medicines, they wanted to put him in a secure place. Scott offered to take Clement to Wyndemere and met the pharmacist at the cabin.
Watch the drama on General Hospital unfold as Scott tries to fight Ava's case against a clever Sonny on ABC.
