Reg Truscott (Terry Gill), who spent his time ostensibly working as a small-time burglar, and supplying Bluey with information on the activities of local criminals.

Victoria Quilter also featured in early episodes as Dawson's girlfriend Jo Goldman, later replaced by Mercia Deane-Johns as Debbie Morley.

Whilst a constant thorn in the side of the Assistant Commissioner (Ken Goodlet) and Superintendent (Fred Parslow), Bluey's methods were highly effective—while other squads didn't want him as a part of their team, they still sought him out when they could not get the job done.

"[2] Around the same time the series was airing, Grills featured as himself in an episode of Crawford's sitcom Bobby Dazzler as a telethon guest, where reference was made to his role in Bluey.

Since the original TV run Bluey was replayed a total of three times on Channel Seven, the first being in Sydney between 10 and 24 November 1978 at a 2pm weekday timeslot.

In addition to two other guest appearances as himself, Grills also reprised his role as Bluey on The Late Show[7] in order to protest the airing of the last Bargearse sketch.