High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James "Jim" Robinson is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, played by Alan Dale. He made his first on-screen appearance on 18 March 1985, which was the shows first episode. Jim was the patriarch of the Robinson family. Dale departed the show in 1993 after falling out with the producers over pay. Jim died on-screen of a heart attack on 29 April 1993.