Clement George Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein May 28 1944 May 9 2019 was the son of Georg Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein born in 1878 later Sir George Franckenstein the former Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St James George Franckenstein had been the Austrian Minister in London for eighteen years when the Nazis took over Austria 1938 and recalled him Instead he stayed in London was naturalized a British subject and knighted on 26 July 1938 There he met and married Editha King on 31 July 1939 by whom he had Clement George His parents were killed together in a plane crash on 15 October 1953 after which he was raised by British friends He was educated at Eton College and served for three years as a lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys in the Middle East and Germany He holds both British and Austrian citizenship he studied opera for about three years was baritone going up to tenor was good but not really good enough to be a professional so he decided to become an actor Until the time he came to US he sang in nightclubs and had a lot of performing experience before getting into acting at age 27 His first job was in the miniseries QB VII 1974 starring Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick IMDb Mini Biography By Rudolf Ulrich Gruenwald n Munich Germany
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