David Harris, star of NYC cult classic ‘The Warriors,’ dead at 75

David Harris, who played pack subordinate Cochise successful the 1979 movie “The Warriors,” is dead astatine 75.

Harris’ girl told the New York Times her begetter died from cancer. The New York City autochthonal attended the Manhattan School of Performing Arts earlier pursuing a vocation that included a relation successful the 1980 Robert Redford conveyance “Brubaker” and TV appearances connected “The White Shadow,” “Hill Street Blues” and “Cop Rock.”

But helium said successful interviews it was his portion arsenic the shirtless, leather-vest wearings, turquoise adorned, gang-banging Cochise for which helium would beryllium remembered passim his career.

“The movie has recovered an assemblage procreation aft procreation aft generation,” Harris said in an interview posted online successful 2019.

He claimed helium had nary thought the movie astir a thoroughfare pack having to combat its mode from the Bronx to Coney Island implicit the people of a convulsive nighttime would person specified staying power. Harris said helium was the last pack subordinate cast successful the movie that was changeable implicit the people of six months successful the streets of New York City and included existent thoroughfare pack members.

“We had a batch of fun,” helium said successful a 2014 interview. “It was conscionable amazing.”

Harris is survived by his daughter, mom, sister, 2 brothers and a brace of grandchildren, according to the Times’ Sunday obituary. He reportedly died Friday successful New York City.