Robert Cunningham — The Snake Pit Character Profile

About Robert Cunningham

Virginia's husband who met her in Chicago and married her despite her evasiveness. He struggles with her erratic behavior, sleeplessness, and eventual mental breakdown, serving as a key figure in her personal life and recovery journey.

Character Facts

Played by

Mark Stevens

Appears in

The Snake Pit (1948)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Snake Pit

• Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland)
• Mark Kik (Leo Genn)
• Dr. Terry (Glenn Langan)
• Grace (Celeste Holm)
• Nurse Davis (Helen Craig)
• Asylum Inmate (Lee Patrick)
• Mrs. Stuart (Natalie Schafer)
• Gordon (Leif Erickson)
• Dr. Curtis (Howard Freeman)
• Mrs. Greer (Beulah Bondi)
• Jonathan Gifford (Frank Conroy)
• Ruth (Ruth Donnelly)