Joseph Mitchell "Joe" Scully, Sr. was a fictional character on the soap opera General Hospital. He was a mobster in Bensonhurst, New York and the mentor of Sonny Corinthos. Working for Joe was how Sonny got his start in the mob. Joe killed Deke Woods, a police officer and Sonny's abusive stepfather. He was shot and killed by Sonny when he tried to kill him, but the bullet hit Sonny's biological father Mike Corbin instead.