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Wednesday, November 16, 1994 — North Shore News — 27

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A.P. McCredie

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T WAS while Cotton

Mather was at Toronto’s

York University, studying
ethno-musicology, that he had
his first taste of stunt work.

On the coldest day of winter,
clothed in little more than pantihose
and a dress, Mather few through the
air in a wild snowmobile chase for
an episode of TV's The Edison
Twins.

That was 15 years ago. Today,
Mather niaintains residences in
Vancouver, Toronto and Los
Angeles, and is recognized as a
leader in stunt driving in all three

pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree at York, raced motorcycles
competitively throughout North
America. (I used to horrify my pro-
fessors., ... [t's tough to play

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cities. Beethoven's Fifth when your hands
In town briefly to close on the are all bandaged up, or your arm is

sale of his Gleninore house and to in a sling.” he laughs.)

search for a new home in West Degree once in hand. piano-play-

Vancouver, Mather recently dropped — ing Mather headed off to California

into the News to discuss his unusual _to race’ professionally.

choice of careers. “TL wentto Los Angeles to get

Stunt work was an unlikely pro- away from winter.” he says wryly.
fession for this native of
Peterborough, Ontario who, while See Stuntman page 29

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

YOU WON'T find stuntman and former motorcycle racer Cotton Mather hangin’ out at Starbucks with
his Harley parked out front. “I don’t drive in the streets anymore; you have to be too careful,” says
this West Van resident who has doubled Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 and True Lies.

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