Clement George Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein is 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 mini-series "QB VII" (1974) starring Ben Gazzara and Lee Remick.
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Among his many acting roles (see his filmography here), Clement played the role of Herr Von Aigner in Gabriel Knight 2. Von Aigner is the owner of one Bavarias largest bucheries and breweries. He loves to eat and drink. He is also a member of the Royal Bavarian Hunting Club. He is also the club's main contact with Grossberg, to illegally import exotic animals to hunt. When Grossberg tried to blackmail Von Zell with his knowledge on the mutilation killings, Von Aigner gave von Zell Grossberg's contact in exchange for reducing his personal debt to Von Zell. Shortly later, Grossberg became the next mutilation killings victim, right in the center of Munich.
Gabriel Knight questions Von Aigner (Clement Von Franckenstein) at the hunting loge (at 0:50).
