Martin 'Avishominis' Chesterfield is a fictional character portrayed by Nick Tate in the TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Birdman (season 6), they were 55 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 148 aired
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Birdman
episode S6.E18 april 1998Dr. Mike grapples with her fear for Brian's safety when the youngster befriends a seemingly harmless but eccentric fellow who thinks he's a bird and covers himself with feathers in an attempt to fly. Martin Von Hoffman, the birdman, not only tries to fly, he also sleeps in a nest and literally pecks at his food when Dr. Mike invites him home for dinner. To her alarm, Martin turns out to be an escapee from a New York insane asylum. She is torn between returning him to the asylum or allowing him to carry on his self-deception in peace.
