Jim Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Alan Dale.

Jim is one of the twelve original characters conceived by the creator and then executive producer of Neighbours, Reg Watson.

"[3] Dale chose to relocate from Sydney to Melbourne, where Neighbours is filmed, but commuted between the two cities for some time while he was still appearing on Possession.

[3] Jim was introduced as a widowed father of four, who lives in Ramsay Street with his mother-in-law Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy).

Helen's husband Bill had also recently died and she was happy to come and help care for her grandchildren: Paul (Stefan Dennis), Julie (Vikki Blanche; Julie Mullins), Scott (Darius Perkins; Jason Donovan) and Lucy (Kylie Flinker; Sasha Close; Melissa Bell).

[3] Josephine Monroe, author of Neighbours: The First 10 Years, stated that Jim was the type of man that other men disliked because he had it all: a nice house, his own business, lovely children and a way with women.

[8] The character's first romance occurred shortly after Neighbours began airing, as Maria Ramsay's (Dasha Bláhová) sister Anna Rossi (Roslyn Gentle) is introduced.

[10] Amanda Zachariah of TV Week noted that "falling in love at first sight" would not be a characteristic associated with Jim, who was known for being the show's "solid and stable widower".

[10] But Dale told her that is exactly what happens, explaining: "Jim meets Anna on the patio of his neighbor's [sic] house and wham, that's it for him.

[11] Jim's next romance is with Zoe Davis (Ally Fowler), which shocks the neighbourhood because she is twenty years his junior.

[13] Later that year, Jim meets Englishwoman Ruth Wilson (Stephanie Daniel) on a plane, while he is returning home from the United States.

Dale told Amanda Zachary from TV Week that Jim was so taken with Beverly because he originally had competition for her affections when they first met.

Dale believed it marked a change in Jim's character, after three years of being portrayed as the working single parent.

[17] In an interview with the Metro newspaper, Dale called his time working for Grundy "the worst experience", he added "They practically forced us to be miserable.

[19] Jess Lee of Digital Spy speculated that Jim may appear as a ghost or an apparition to a family member.

[19] Dale had previously paid a visit to the Neighbours set in April 2018, where he was reunited with Dennis (Paul Robinson).

Jim's daughter Julie later leaves to marry Philip Martin (Christopher Milne; Ian Rawlings).

The stress of all the feuding takes its toll on Jim and after playing in the garden with granddaughter Hannah Martin (Rebecca Ritters) he suffers another heart attack.

Fiona later confesses her scam to Annalise and flees town whilst the remainder of Jim's property is divided between his children and Helen keeps the house.

Jim talks to Paul about his various mistakes, including his many failed marriages, broken relationships with his children and his criminal history.

[24] Westwood also thought the character was "beleaguered" and observed: "Jim always seems a bit knackered, and small wonder, because if he is not taking philosophical stick from his serious son Paul, little daughter Lucy is pelting him with cheek about his love life.

"[24] While reviewing early episodes of the serial, Terry Kelleher of Newsday found the character to be "an easygoing widower whose biggest problem last week was starting his balky lawnmower.

[27][28] During a review of Neighbours' 20th anniversary episode, television critic Charlie Brooker expressed his disappointment that Jim did not make an appearance, he said "It's a shame they didn't go the whole hog and include updates from those characters who left Erinsborough in a coffin.

[29] In 2010 to celebrate Neighbours' 25th anniversary, BSkyB, a British satellite broadcasting company, profiled 25 characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series history.

"[31] In 2013, Rachael Misstear from the Western Mail included Jim's death in her list of the "10 tear-jerking soap opera exits".

She commented "Sad mainly because it marked the end of an era, Neighbours veteran and patriarch Jim Robinson suffered a fatal heart attack and collapsed in very dramatic fashion on the kitchen floor.

Journalist Adam Beresford described him as the Robinson family patriarch and "generally a calm and reasonable figure" within the show.

[33] Donna Hay from What's on TV included Jim and Zoe in a list of soap opera "odd couples".

Hay added that Jim wanted "a proper wife", but Beverly was more interested in performing live saving operations.