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Why Roger Howarth Is Officially OUT AT General Hospital

by Hope Campbell
November 21, 2023
in News, General Hospital
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General Hospital - Roger Howarth

General Hospital fans were stunned on Friday when Austin Holt, the third character that Roger Howarth has played on the soap, was shot point-blank in the chest at the end of the episode. While many expected the Monday show to pick up where Friday left off, revealing Austin’s fate, it did not. But we now know it anyway. Austin is indeed very much dead.

Roger Howarth Leaves GH Behind

After more than two years of playing Austin Gatlin-Holt, a long-lost Quartermaine who lost his Q connection along the way, Howarth was told he was being let go and explained the situation to Soap Opera Digest.

“Several weeks ago, I got a phone call from somebody I’ve known for a very long time who I love very dearly [Executive Producer Frank Valentini] telling me that when my contract was up at ABC, I would not be offered a new contract and that the character of Austin would be killed, and that this was something that both wanted and needed to do to move story,” Howarth said.

“It took me a minute to kind of adjust, to kind of hear the news; it took a second for me to let that settle in. And then, immediately, I realized how lucky I was to have been able to do something I really love doing for more than a decade with people who I really enjoyed working with. I’m a lucky guy. I had a great run and this was a decision made by people who make these kinds of decisions for a living.”

Howarth’s History With GH

In 2012, Howarth joined GH soon after One Life to Live was canceled, bringing the character of Todd Manning to Port Charles. Not long after, Prospect Park, which was producing online versions of OLTL and All My Children, sued ABC, claiming they had the rights to the character.

Todd was quickly written off and Howarth was brought back soon after as a recast Franco, the serial-killing artist who terrorized Jason and Sam. It turned out that Franco’s murderous ways were caused by a brain tumor and once that was removed, he was on his way to redemption.

A popular pairing with Rebecca Herbst’s Elizabeth eventually followed, but in 2021, Franco was killed off much in the same way Austin was — via a bullet hole to the chest.

Is the last that daytime has seen of Howarth, an Emmy-winning mainstay on soaps since 1992. According to the actor, he is open to another soap role, so you never know…

General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC. Check your local listings for times. Remember, you can always find the latest GH spoilers, recaps, and news on Facebook at General Hospital Daily. Also, meet fellow fans and talk all things GH with our Facebook community group.

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Hope Campbell

Hope Campbell

Hope Campbell is a life-long soap lover who began her love affair with the genre as a child watching Another World with her mother. She began writing about soaps when she was still in her teens and has been doing so off and on for more than 30 years. She began her career in magazines and worked for such publications as Soap Opera Weekly, Soap Opera News, and Daytime TV. Hope also served as editor-in-chief of Soap Hub before making the move to Daily Drama.

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