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Line 7: \| image = shaneconnor2.jpg \| imagesize = 200px \| first = ~~20 October~~{{Start date\|1999\|10\|20\|df=y}} \| last = ~~27 February~~{{End date\|2004\|02\|27\|df=y}} \| introducer= Stanley Walsh \| years = 1999–2004 \| classification = [[List of ~~former~~ Neighbours characters#S\|Former; regular]]▼ ~~\| born = 23 March 1954 <!-- Joe celebrated his birthday on 23 March 2000 (episode 3494) -->~~ \| occupation = {{plainlist\| ▲\| classification = [[List of former Neighbours characters#S\|Former; regular]] Builder ~~\| occupation = Builder<br />Truck driver<br />Taxi driver<br />Farmer~~ Truck driver ~~\| home = [[Bendigo]]~~ Taxi driver Farmer }} \| father = [[Pat Scully (Neighbours)\|Pat Scully]] \| brothers = [[Mick Scully]]<br />[[Tom Scully (Neighbours)\|Tom Scully]] \| wife = [[Lyn Scully~~\|Lyn O'Rourke~~]] (1978–2004) \| daughters = {{plainlist\| [[Stephanie Scully]]~~<br />~~ [[Felicity Scully]]~~<br />~~ [[Michelle Scully]] }} \| sons = [[Jack Scully]]<br />[[Oscar Scully]] \| grandsons = {{plainlist\| [[Charlie Hoyland]]~~<br />~~ [[Adam Fitzgerald (Neighbours)\|Adam Fitzgerald]] [[Boyd Hoyland]] (step) }} \| granddaughters = [[Summer Hoyland]] (step) '''Joe Scully''' is a [[character (arts)\|fictional character]] from the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'', played by [[Shane Connor]]. He made his first on-screen appearance on 20 October 1999, along with his family.▼ }} ▲'''Joe Scully''' is a ~~[[character (arts)\|~~fictional character]] from the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'', played by [[Shane Connor]]. He made his first ~~on-screen~~ appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 October 1999, along with his family. ==Development== In October 1999, the five-strong Scully family were introduced to ''Neighbours'', replacing the departing Martin family.<ref name="New">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/TV/mag/news/AustralianNews/NeighboursRockedByNewFamily.html\|title=Neighbours Rocked By New Family\|date=6 October 1999\|publisher=eBroadcast\|access-date=4 July 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232823/http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/TV/mag/news/AustralianNews/NeighboursRockedByNewFamily.html\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Scullys were the first new family to be introduced to the show since [[Ruth Wilkinson]] ([[Ailsa Piper]]) arrived with her twins in 1996.<ref name="DEnker">{{cite news\|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Janet+Andrewartha+and+neighbours&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news000210_0130_5816\|title=Rumblings in Erinsborough\|last=Enker\|first=Debi\|date=10 February 2000\|work=[[The Age]]\|~~access~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133832/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Janet+Andrewartha+and+neighbours&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news000210_0130_5816\|archive-date=414 July 2014\|access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref> Actor [[Shane Connor]] was cast as Joe Scully, the patriarch of the family in July 1999.<ref name="SMH">{{cite news\|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/sacked-from-neighbours-over-drugs-star-sues/2005/10/21/1129775947900.html\|title=Sacked from Neighbours over drugs, star sues\|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]\|date=21 October 2005\|access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> He had previously made a guest appearance in the show as [[Phil Hoffman (Neighbours)\|Phil Hoffman]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Fletcher\|first=Mary\|date=20 April 1992\|title=I'd rather be a stud than a kidnapper!\|journal=[[Woman's Own]]\|pages=52–53}}</ref> Connor was invited to audition for the role of Joe by the show's producers, and he accepted when he learned that there was a chance to work with [[Janet Andrewartha]], who was cast as Joe's wife [[Lyn Scully~~\|Lyn~~]].<ref name="DEnker"/> The character of Joe also offered Connor a chance to play someone other than a bad guy or "a man on the verge."<ref name="DEnker"/> Connor was contracted with ''Neighbours'' for three years, with 12-month options. He began filming with his on-screen family in August 1999.<ref ~~and~~name="DEnker"/> ~~made~~Connor admitted that he did not know how popular ''Neighbours'' was until his first ~~screen~~day of filming on the Ramsay Street set, where around 40 people came to watch the shoot. He likened it to "the holy pilgrimage."<ref name="Yeaman">{{cite news\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A85447208/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=fa47ba14\|title=Ramsay St Connor's new port of call\|last=Yeaman\|first=Simon\|date=20 October 1999\|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)\|The Advertiser]]\|access-date=14 February 2024\|via=[[Gale (publisher)\|Gale]]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made his first appearance as Joe on 20 October.<ref name="DEnker"/> Connor's contract was renewed several times during his stay on the show.<ref name="SMH"/> Simon Yeaman of ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)\|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."<ref name="Yeaman"/> Connor told Yeaman that the family had "a much different energy" to the other characters on the street. He continued: "They (his daughters) get stuck into the street pretty quickly into the boys I mean."<ref name="Yeaman"/> 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".<ref name="Yeaman"/> 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."<ref name="Yeaman"/> Of Joe, Connor said, "Basically, Joe's the only male there when you want something stirred up. Everyone else is so easy to get along with. He's the only one who isn't so easy to get along with. Well, he is, as long as you don't get on the wrong side of him."<ref name="DEnker"/> Connor explained that Joe was not one for caring what others thought and he thought that someone like Joe, who could not care less, would stir up the street.<ref name="DEnker"/> Connor added, "He doesn't fit into the landscape easily, and neither do I."<ref name="DEnker"/> Joe owns his own building business and "lives on the edge".<ref name="New"/> 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.<ref name="SMH"/><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/25/australia.broadcasting\|title=Court hears how Neighbours are not always good friends\|first=Bernard\|last=O'Riordan\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=25 October 2005\|access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> Joe made an off-screen exit in early 2004, leaving Erinsborough to take care of his injured father in Bendigo.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Herbison\|first=Jason\|date=10–16 April 2004\|title=And Joe's off too...\|journal=[[Inside Soap]]\|issue=15\|page=28}}</ref> Connor later filed an unfair dismissal claim against Grundy and sued them for nine months of lost earnings ($200,000).<ref name="SMH"/> He admitted that he had suffered from "amphetamine hangovers", but he denied that he had been aggressive.<ref name="SMH"/> He also claimed that Andrewartha did not like him and was behind most of the complaints to producers.<ref name=Guardian/> Connor later won his case and Grundy Television were ordered to pay him more than $230,000.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=68113 \|title=Sacked Neighbours star gets $230,000 \|work=[[Nine News\|9News]] \|date=1 December 2005 \|access-date=31 May 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112022311/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=68113 \|archive-date=12 January 2009 }}</ref> In 2023, following her brief return to the series, [[Kate Keltie]], who plays Joe's daughter Michelle, disclosed in a behind the scenes video that storyliners had decided that Joe had died, although his fate had not been mentioned on-screen.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Neighbours star announces character's off-screen death\|first=Sara\|last=Baalla\|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]\|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a46076085/neighbours-star-announces-joe-scully-death/\|date=8 December 2023\|access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref> ==Storylines== Joe married [[Lyn Scully\|Lyn O'Rourke]] in 1978 and together they had four children – [[~~Stephanie~~Jack Scully]], [[~~Jack~~Felicity Scully]], [[~~Felicity~~Michelle Scully]] and [[~~Michelle~~Stephanie Scully]]. After moving to Ramsay Street Joe started as an apprentice in the building trade. He eventually worked his way up to forming his own construction company, Ozbuilt. His wife Lyn decided she wanted another baby, and they went on to have their fifth child [[Oscar Scully]]. Soon after the birth of Oscar, Joe's father and brother are hospitalised following a tractor accident. Joe left Ramsay Street to take care of his family and his father's farm. Lyn later joined Joe for a short period. However, she wanted to remain in Ramsay Street, and decided she didn't love him anymore. They ~~divorced~~divorce, with Lyn remaining in Ramsay Street and retaining custody of Oscar. ~~Lyn left Ramsay Street in 2006 and moved to Shelly Bay. Offscreen, she and Joe shared custody of Oscar. Lyn returned to Ramsay Street in 2009 without Oscar, who remains living with Joe.~~ ==Reception== When Joe quit coaching the cricket team, Jackie Brygel of the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' noted that "the usually happy chappie Joe shocks one and all" with his decision.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A104915766/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=04facbd0\|title=Soap dish\|last=Brygel\|first=Jackie\|date=29 March 2000\|work=[[Herald Sun]]\|access-date=2 March 2024\|via=[[Gale (publisher)\|Gale]]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> 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. And, believe us, there are many contenders."<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A104810782/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=d5706583\|title=Soap dish\|last=Brygel\|first=Jackie\|date=17 January 2001\|work=[[Herald Sun]]\|access-date=6 March 2024\|via=[[Gale (publisher)\|Gale]]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also branded him "never-jovial Joe".<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A104756913/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=0c40288a\|title=Soap dish\|last=Brygel\|first=Jackie\|date=8 August 2001\|work=[[Herald Sun]]\|access-date=8 March 2024\|via=[[Gale (publisher)\|Gale]]\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Of Joe, [[Virgin Media]] said "Ramsay Street's Joe Scully had his hands full with tearaway teen kids, Steph, Flick, Michelle and Jack. If he was not trying to put an end to Flick's latest romance, he was feuding with his neighbour, Karl Kennedy."<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/soaps/soaptrivia/neighbours-ruined-my-life.php?ssid=3\|title=Neighbours ruined my life – Shane Connor – Joe Scully\|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]\|date=2009\|access-date=28 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322194810/http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/soaps/soaptrivia/neighbours-ruined-my-life.php?ssid=3\|url-status=live\|archive-date=22 March 2010 }}</ref> Andrew Mercado, author of ''Super Aussie Soaps'', describes Joe as being a "permanently missing-in-action" character following his abrupt departure.<ref name="jhh">{{cite book\|last=Mercado\|first=Andrew\|title=Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows\|year=2004\|publisher=Pluto Press Australia\|isbn=1-86403-191-3\|page=230\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-U_OkpqpKMC&q=super+aussie+soaps}}</ref> The [[BBC]] said Joe's most notable moment was "Delivering a baby in a bushfire."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours/whoswho/characterbiogs/index.shtml?content/_joe/page1 \|title=Character: Joe Scully \|publisher=[[BBC]] \|access-date=30 December 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814233740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours/whoswho/characterbiogs/index.shtml?content%2F_joe%2Fpage1 \|archive-date=14 August 2004 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== Line 47 ⟶ 59: ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040814233740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours/whoswho/characterbiogs/index.shtml?content%2F_joe%2Fpage1 ~~Character~~Joe ~~profile~~Scully] at the [[BBC]] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030209235406/http://www.neighbours.com/bio/joe_scully.htm ~~Character~~Joe ~~profile~~Scully] at Neighbours.com {{Neighbours characters\|former}} Line 54 ⟶ 66: {{DEFAULTSORT:Scully, Joe}} [[Category:Neighbours characters]] [[Category:Fictional ~~taxicab~~taxi drivers]] [[Category:Fictional construction workers]] [[Category:Television characters introduced in 1999]] [[Category:Male characters in television]] [[Category:Scully family]]