Colonel White is a character in the 1960s Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. He is the commander-in-Chief of Spectrum, the security organisation dedicated to defending Earth against the Mysterons from Mars. He is also the commander of Cloudbase.
He is British and his real name is Charles Grey (possibly named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey).
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