Kin Shriner, the actor who plays Scott, is recovering from foot surgery.
Few characters have a longer history on General Hospital than Scott Baldwin. The character has been played by a number of different actors over the decades, and has been on the show all the way back into the 1960s.
While Scott has not been a consistent character in that time, he has shown up and disappeared throughout the years.
In 2024, though, Scott is very much a part of the world of General Hospital, which is why many regular viewers have noticed that he is absent from the show’s most recent episodes.
Naturally, they want to know what happened to Scott, and when the character might be back on the show.
What happened to Scott Baldwin on ‘General Hospital?’
Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like this is one of those occasions where Scott is going to be gone for an extended period. Instead, Scott has been absent from the show because Kin Shriner, the actor who plays him, had foot surgery and is now in recovery.
He has been wearing a boot since early July, and it looks like he won’t be able to make his return to the show until he’s fully healed.
He’s also disappeared from the show in the past for reasons that had nothing to do with his personal health. Writers can decide when and where to use their preferred characters basically however they want, and Kin is at the mercy of those writers.
Of course, it helps that he’s playing a widely beloved character with a long history on the show. This time, though, it seems like Scott will be back in relatively short order.
Fans will have to have some patience during Kin’s recovery, but there’s been no indication that the character is going to be written off for a longer stretch this time around.
