Lee Baldwin (Peter Hansen)

Lee Baldwin was a fictional character on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital. He was portrayed by Ross Elliott from 1963-1965 and Peter Hansen from 1965-2004.

History
Lee was a recovering alcohol and volunteered on the seventh floor of General Hospital as an addiction counselor. When Nurse Jessie Brewer found out she was pregnant by Phil Brewer, after Phil had left town, Lee offered to marry her. Phil then returned to town, but Jessie still planned to marry Lee. But, the day before the wedding, Jessie went into labor and gave birth to a girl named Nancy Brewer. Lee then left Jessie, seeing as she still loved Phil, and she went back to Phil.

Nurse Meg Bentley came to town in 1965 with her young son, Scotty, and her teenage stepdaughter Brooke. Meg was in a relationship with Dr. Noel Clinton, but when Noel broke things off with Meg to marry her stepdaughter Brooke, she was devastated. Meg turned to Lee and he helped her through the shocking ordeal. Lee and Meg got married in 1966. Lee then adopted Scotty, making him a Baldwin.

In 1970, Brooke's marriage to Noel had broken up and Brooke came to live with Lee and Meg. Meg was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy. She then grew insecure of her appearance and became jealous of Brooke's looks. Meg suffered a nervous breakdown from her jealousy and depression and Lee was forced to have her committed to an institution. In 1971, Meg was released and came home, but suffered from severe hypertension. Dr. Lesley Williams was assigned to her case. Meg became jealous of Lesley and began to think that she was trying to get into Lee's bed. During an argument with Lee, Meg died of a stroke.

Lee later married Dr. Gail Adamson. Lee and Gail were constantly involved in Scotty's personal troubles. Scotty had married Laura Webber and when she filed for divorce, Lee burned the divorce papers. In 1983, Lee ran for mayor of Port Charles. His opponent was Luke Spencer, the man who had broken up Scotty and Laura's marriage. Scotty managed Lee's campaign and used smear tactics against Luke, including threatening to expose the fact that his sister Bobbie was a former prostitute. When Lee found out, he fired Scotty, and Scotty left town. Luke ended up winning the election.

Lee and Gail were last seen in Port Charles for the funeral of Lila Quartermaine in July of 2004.