Joe Scanlon
Appeared in Highlander: The Series, in the Season One episode Family Tree
Statistics Name Joe Scanlon Nationality American Status Alive Occupation Casino worker, con man Portrayed by  J.E. Freeman

Joe Scanlon was a mortal from Seacouver. He ran the roulette wheel in Mrs. Gustavson's illegal casino until one night when a patron won $50,000 dollars at his table. Mrs. Gustavson was less than pleased and not only fired Scanlon, but demanded he repay the $50,000. She sent her enforcer Clinch to collect from Joe the money he owes.

Richie Ryan, in an effort to track down his parents, ran across Scanlon who then decided to play the role of Jack Ryan, Richie's long lost father. With Richie's trust he could gain access to the antique shop the young man worked in, and hopefully find enough to steal to cover his outstanding debt with his former employer.

He succeeded in stealing a pre-Columbian mask in solid gold from the shop, but when the furious Richie tracked him to Mrs Gustavson's, instead of running, he showed up to save Richie from Mrs Gustavson's thug, Clinch.  Then both of them were rescued by MacLeod.

With the mask restored to the shop, Richie put Scanlon on a bus for Tucson, Arizona, in search of "a little doll with a diamond in it."