David Harris, the actor known for his role as Cochise in the 1979 cult classic ‘The Warriors’, has died. He was 75.

Harris died Friday at his home in New York City after a battle with cancer, his daughter Davina Harris told the New York Times.

In “The Warriors,” Harris played Cochise, an integral member of the red-vest-wearing gang of the same name. The Walter Hill-directed film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick, follows a New York city gang who is accused of murder and therefore decides to travel from the Bronx to Coney Island. Harris’ character Cochise stood out from the others with his unique choice of fashion style, which included a headband and a large turquoise chain as a sign of rebellion.

“The Warriors” was critically panned when it was originally released, but eventually achieved cult status. “We thought it was a little movie that would kind of spin and disappear, and no one would ever talk about it again,” Harris said in a 2019 interview with ADAMICradio.

“I was in Hong Kong, I was in the Philippines, I was in Tokyo,” he added. “I’ve made a lot of movies, but when I get off the plane, people say, ‘It’s the guy from ‘The Warriors.'”

From the 1980s through the 2000s, Harris worked on several films, including ‘Bubaker’ (1980), ‘Quicksilver’ (1980), ‘A Soldier’s Story’ (1984), ‘Fatal Beauty (1987) and ‘James White” (2015), among others. He also appeared on TV shows such as ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘ER’, ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘Mike Hammer: Private Eye’ and more.

His breakout project was the 1976 Emmy-nominated TV movie “Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys,” in which he played Haywood Patterson. The following year he was cast in the play ‘Secret Service’, starring Meryl Streep and John Lithgow.

Harris was born on June 18, 1949 in New York City. He attended the High School of Performing Arts, where one of his English teachers recommended that he join the drama department.

“I fell in love with it,” he said in a 2022 interview with “The Claw’s Corner.” “I said, you know what, I think this is my niche.”

Along with his daughter, Harris is survived by his mother, Maude Marie Harris; a sister, Jeannette C. Harris-Zwerin; brothers Arthur A. Harris and Vincent J. Harris; and two grandchildren.