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name: "Cornelius MacSunday"
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born: "5 March 1864"
died: "1 January 1950"
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updated: "2026-09-19T22:04:54.799494+00:00"
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# Cornelius MacSunday

Actor. Born 5 March 1864 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Died 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Born:** 5 March 1864, Bremerhaven, Germany
- **Died:** 1 January 1950
- **Also known as:** Max Cornelius Sonntag, Con MacSunday
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114739516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2149046

## Biography

Cornelius MacSunday was a German-born American actor. Born Max Cornelius Sonntag on 5 March 1864 in Bremerhaven, Germany, he appeared in supporting roles in films from the silent era into the 1930s. He died on 1 January 1950 in Valley Stream, New York.

His film credits include a constable in *Peggy Puts It Over* (1921), a role in the short *Many a Slip* (1927, as Con MacSunday), Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited) in *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Gentry's butler (uncredited) in *Crime Without Passion* (1934), and Craig's butler in *Soak the Rich* (1936). He also performed on Broadway under the name Con MacSunday in productions including *Miracle at Verdun* (1931) and *American Landscape* (1938).

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Fi1m 78, as Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Soak the Rich* (1936), as Craig's Butler
- *Crime Without Passion* (1934), as Gentry's Butler (uncredited)
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), as Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)
- *Many a Slip* (1927), as (as Con MacSunday)

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