Austin Gatlin-Holt

**Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt** was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera *General Hospital*. He is the son of the late Jimmy Lee Holt and his wife, Charity Gatlin.

He was portrayed by *One Life to Live* alum Roger Howarth from May 27, 2021 to November 17, 2023.

Howarth previously portrayed his *OLTL* character Todd Manning from March 5, 2012 to March 20, 2013 and he also previously portrayed a recast of James Franco's character Franco Baldwin from May 13, 2013 to March 11, 2021 before being replaced by Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich a month later.

Howarth announced he had departed from the role of Austin Galtin-Holt on November 20, 2023 a month after Darin Toonder departed from the role of Damon Montague prior to it before being replaced by Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich once more nearly two weeks later on November 29 as well as Charles Mesure as John Brennan on the first day of December before the character's arrest.

## Casting

On March 9, 2021 after Roger Howarth's previous character Franco Baldwin was killed off and replaced Cyrus Hobbi's character Yuri Tamashevich replacing Franco a month later; it was reported that Howarth himself is not leaving *General Hospital* but he will temporarily be off-screen for a while.

On March 16, 2021; it was confirmed that Howarth will return to the *GH* studio and begin filming again in April, but it's unknown who he will portray.

On April 1, 2021; it was revealed that Howarth will not be reprising his role of Todd Manning, but there's no word who he'll be playing when he returns.

On April 20, 2021; it was confirmed that Howarth will be back on-screen sometime in May as a new character. His upcoming return is teased to be "extremely memorable." He made his first appearance on May 27, 2021 with his name revealed to be Dr. Austin a month after Cyrus Hobbi made his debut of Yuri Tamashevich.

On the latest podcast of Dishing with Digest, it was announced that Austin's identity will be revealed the week of July 12, 2021 on *GH*. Austin was revealed to be Dr. Austin Gatlin-Holt on July 13, 2021.

On October 11, 2023; Howarth revealed that he was let go from *GH* and his exit was storyline-dictated. He made his final appearance on November 17, 2023 before being replaced by Cyrus Hobbi as Yuri Tamashevich once more as well as Charles Mesure as Douglas Brennan.

## Storylines

On May 27, 2021, Austin found Maxie Jones in the Pautauk State Park and helped her give birth to her daughter, Bailey Jones.

Austin notices Louise isn't breathing and holds her close to his body until she starts crying. Then he gives her to Maxie who thanks him and says she needs to get to Beechers Corners as someone is waiting there for her.

Austin says that he will take her there if they can stop at the hospital first. He prepares to call for an ambulance but Marie Hopkins hits Austin in the head with a firepoker and knocks him unconscious.

Maxie calls Brook Lynn who arrives in the woods and takes the baby from Maxie. Austin wakes up and asks where the baby is. He is taken by ambulance to GH with Maxie.

On June 15, it was revealed that he owns the Country House that Fake Chloe had taken Maxie to, as well as several other properties in his hometown of Pautauk. Sam McCall and Detective Dante Falconeri are investigating the house and ask Austin about the video camera they find inside. Austin claims that he doesn't know about it.

On July 9, Austin is hired by Dr. Britt Westbourne as a doctor at GH. He says that he plans to leave his practice in Pautauk and move to Port Charles.

On August 3, Detective Harrison Chase and Austin learned that Michael Corinthos and Willow Tait have been sleeping together behind his back. Upon learning this information, Austin began to manipulate Chase into getting some form of revenge on the two of them.

On February 7, 2023 after the death and memorial service of former Head Nurse Epiphany Johnson; after Austin witnessed Ava Jerome drag Nikolas Cassadine's body to the stables at Wyndemere, Austin offered to help Ava cover up his supposed death. On March 1; however, Nikolas' body was revealed to be missing as Mason took him to an unknown facility to keep him alive on life support.

On August 23, it was revealed that Austin has a connection to Nikolas' uncle Cyrus Renault and has known him for years. Cyrus may have been involved with Austin's mother and he paid for Austin's education and medical school, thus paving the way for him to become a doctor. It was also revealed that Cyrus is Austin and Mason's boss and it was also revealed that Austin saved Nikolas' life.

On November 28, Liz is concerned at GH why Austin hasn't been at work lately. She goes to his apartment and discovers he hasn't been there since Thanksgiving. Dante gets a call from Paul Briscoe of the Pautauk PD who says Austin is dead. Paul later visits Dante at the PCPD.

On November 29, Austin was replaced by Yuri Tamashevich via second chance because Yuri has no skills of being a doctor at General Hospital to fill Austin's shoes nearly two weeks later after Austin's death. Yuri and Cyrus are suspects of Austin's death.

## Crimes Committed

* Worked for Cyrus Renault [pre-2021-23; revealed on Jul 22, 2022; Cyrus was revealed to be the boss on Aug 22, 2023]
* Pushed Det. Dante Falconeri to prevent him from falling into a mine shaft [Jun 18, 2021]
* Assaulted and threatened Victor Cassadine with a needle [Feb 15, 2022]
* Grabbed his cousin Mason Gatlin's head and threatened him [Aug 26, 2022]
* Removed a bullet from another off-the-books patient [Nov 4, 2022]
* Treated a third off-the-books patient [revealed Nov 18, 2022]
* Helped Ava Jerome cover up the supposed murder of Nikolas Cassadine [Feb 7, 2023-Nov 17, 2023; Nikolas was revealed to be alive in Mason's care on Mar 1, 2023]
* Withheld the information that Nikolas is alive and that he saved his life under Cyrus' orders [Feb 13, 2023-Nov 17, 2023; Nikolas was revealed to be alive on Mar 1, 2023; revealed on Aug 23, 2023]
* Kidnapped Avery Jerome-Corinthos after the death and will reading of Victor Cassadine [Jun 27-28, 2023; involvement revealed on Jun 28, 2023]
* Tried to convince Ava to kill Sonny Corinthos [Jun 12, 2023-Nov 17, 2023]
* Grabbed Cyrus Renault at General Hospital and held him [Oct 24, 2023]
* Almost smothered Mason with a pillow; stopped by T.J. [Oct 27, 2023; revealed T.J. stopped Austin on Oct 30, 2023]

## Health and Vitals

* Was harassed by his cousin Mason Gatlin [revealed Jun 15, 2022-Nov 14, 2023]
* Had a knife held to his throat by Mason [Aug 26, 2022]
* Hooked by Heather Webber; recovered after Heather's arrest [Feb 20, 2023]
* Punched, choked and threatened by Dex Heller [Oct 13, 2023]
* Being blackmailed by Cyrus Renault for Gordon Stevens' death after Mason's imprisonment [Nov 15-17, 2023]
* Shot twice in the chest by an unknown assailant, likely Yuri Tamashevich via second chance [Nov 17, 2023; death confirmed on Nov 28, 2023 and later replaced by Yuri a day later on Nov 29 followed by John Brennan on Dec 1]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Mason Gatlin - Austin's cousin

* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* Marshall Ashford
* T.J. Ashford - Austin's co-worker
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL
* Harrison Chase - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Dante Falconeri - Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Hamilton Finn - Austin's friend and co-worker/patient
* Violet Finn
* Kirsi Mikkonen
* Zoe Raleigh
* Portia Robinson - Austin's boss
* Elizabeth Webber
* Mary Wells - Austin's co-worker and Head Nurse at General Hospital
* Britt Westbourne - Austin's former boss (deceased)

* Peter August - (deceased)
* John Brennan - Director of the WSB after Pikeman Security Group arranged a hostile takeover of the WSB (captured)
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father, Charlotte and Donald's paternal grandfather, Nikolas' great uncle, Ava's ex-great uncle-in-law, and Spencer and Ace's great-great uncle (imprisoned)
* Ryan Chamberlain - (deceased)
* Harry DeFranco
* David Hopkins - (captured)
* Marie Hopkins - (deceased)
* Esme Prince - Victor's henchwoman/associate
* Cyrus Renault - His cousin Mason's boss and David and Marie's possible boss
* Eric Watson
* Heather Webber - aka "The Hook" (imprisoned)