David Harris, the actor who portrayed gang member Cochise in the cult classic film The Warriors, has died at the age of 75.
Harris’ daughter confirmed his death to the New York Times, adding that he died Friday at his New York City home following a battle with cancer.
In the Walter Hill-directed 1979 film, Harris played the headband-and-necklace-wearing Cochise, an integral member of the red-vested gang the Warriors, who endure a one-night odyssey from the Bronx to their native Coney Island while dodging increasingly colorful gangs hellbent on violence after the Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a gang warlord.
Panned by critics upon its release, the film would eventually attain cult status, exceeding expectations at the box office and further proliferating upon its home video release.
“We thought it was a little film that would run its little run and go, and nobody would ever talk about it again,” Harris said in a 2019 interview (via NYT)….
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