The “The Warriors” actor was 75 years old.

David Harris, the actor best known for playing Cochise in the 1979 cult classic The Warriorsis dead. He was 75 years old.

Harris died of cancer Friday at his home in New York, his daughter Davina Harris said New York Times.

Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, The Warriors it told the story of a New York street gang tasked with traveling from the Bronx to Coney Island after being framed for murder. Harris' Cochise was a gang member with a provocative fashion sense, highlighted by a heavy turquoise necklace and headband.

The film was panned by critics after its premiere, but was later embraced by a rabid fan base and now holds an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

“I was in Hong Kong, I was in the Philippines, I was in Tokyo,” Harris said in a 2019 interview. “I've done a lot of movies, but I get off the plane and people say, That's the guy I talked about. The Warriors.”

Harris appeared in films in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including the 1980s Brubaker1984 The story of a soldier80s Mercury and 2015 James White. On television he appeared in episodes of Law and Order and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, ER, Profiler AND Mike Hammer: Private Investigator.

David Dominic Harris was born in New York City on June 18, 1949 to his daughter. He attended the High School of Performing Arts, where an English teacher suggested he enroll in the drama department.

Harris' first major big screen role came in the Emmy-nominated 1976 television film Judge Horton and the boy from ScottsboroS. In 1977, he was cast in comedy Secret serviceswith Meryl Streep and John Lithgow. It wasn't until a few years later that Harris' agent put him in touch The Warriors director Walter Hill.

Harris is survived by his sister, mother, three brothers and two nephews.

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