Joe Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Shane Connor.

[2] The character of Joe also offered Connor a chance to play someone other than a bad guy or "a man on the verge.

[2] Connor admitted that he did not know how popular Neighbours was until his first day of filming on the Ramsay Street set, where around 40 people came to watch the shoot.

[3] Simon Yeaman of The Advertiser described Joe as a "fast-living building businessman", whose family were "set to stir things up in Ramsay St with their boisterous antics.

"[5] Connor was surprised when Yeaman informed him that his character was billed as a womaniser, who flirts with "every woman who crosses his path... he can't help himself".

[5] He said that he had yet to have any scenes featuring that aspect of Joe's personality, and thought it would be pointless with the younger "spunks" in the cast, adding "you wouldn't want to get the old man into it.

[1] In 2003, Connor had his contract terminated by Grundy Television and he was dismissed from the show after he developed an amphetamine problem, which caused him to clash with cast members and disrupt filming.

[3][6] Joe made an off-screen exit in early 2004, leaving Erinsborough to take care of his injured father in Bendigo.

[10] Brygel later became critical of the character, calling him "a completely insensitive fellow" and writing that he was "a bloke who could easily take out the prize for Most Tactless Man on a Prime-Time Soapie.

"[13] Andrew Mercado, author of Super Aussie Soaps, describes Joe as being a "permanently missing-in-action" character following his abrupt departure.