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David Harris, the actor identified for taking part in Cochise within the 1979 cult traditional The Warriors, has died. He was 75.
Harris died of most cancers on Friday at his dwelling in New York Metropolis, his daughter Davina Harris instructed the New York Occasions.
Based mostly on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the identical title, The Warriors instructed the story of a New York Metropolis avenue gang tasked with touring from the Bronx to Coney Island after they have been framed for homicide. Harris’ Cochise was a gang member with a defiant trend sense, punctuated by a heavy turquoise necklace and headband.
The movie was critically panned after its premiere, however later grew to be embraced by a fervent fanbase and now holds an 88 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
“I used to be in Hong Kong, I used to be within the Philippines, I used to be in Tokyo,” Harris mentioned in a 2019 interview. “I’ve achieved numerous films, however I get off the airplane and other people go, It is the man from The Warriors.”
Harris appeared in films all through the Eighties, ’90s, and 2000s, together with 1980’s Brubaker, 1984’s A Soldier’s Story, 1980’s Quicksilver and 2015’s James White. On tv, he appeared in episodes of Legislation & Order and Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, ER, Profiler and Mike Hammer: Personal Eye.
David Dominic Harris was born in New York Metropolis on June 18, 1949, to his daughter. He attended the Excessive College of Performing Arts, the place an English trainer advised he be a part of the drama division.
Harris’ first main display screen position got here within the 1976 Emmy-nominated TV film Choose Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. In 1977, he was forged within the play Secret Service, starring Meryl Streep and John Lithgow. It was just some years later that Harris’ agent related him with The Warriors director Walter Hill.
Harris is survived by his sister, his mom, three siblings and two grandchildren.
