David Harris (American actor)

David Harris (born May 23, 1959), also known as David D. Harris, is an American television and film actor, most notable for his portrayal of Cochise, a young gang member, in the 1979 film The Warriors. He has appeared as a supporting actor in a number of films and television series, and commonly plays police officers and military personnel.

David Harris
Harris at the Big Apple Summer Sizzler in Manhattan on June 13, 2009
Born (1959-05-23) May 23, 1959
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other namesDavid D. Harris
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present

His first role came in the 1976 television film Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, in which he co-starred as Haywood Patterson. He followed this up with a number of supporting roles until 1979, when he appeared as Cochise in The Warriors, the role for which he is best remembered. He also appeared in the Robert Redford film Brubaker the following year. Throughout the 1980s, he appeared in a number of fairly high-profile films, and in the 1990s, he did mostly television work. He lent his voice to The Warriors video game in 2005, reprising his role as Cochise. In 2012, he appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Warden.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Warriors Cochise
1980 Brubaker Duane Spivey
1984 Purple Hearts Hanes
1984 A Soldier's Story Pvt. Smalls
1986 Quicksilver Apache
1986 Fire with Fire Ben Halsey
1987 Fatal Beauty Raphael
1987 Under Cover Lucas
1988 Dead End City Brad Bright
1990 Operation Warzone Col. Harker
1997 Black Scorpion II: Aftershock Heckler
1997 Form, Space & Murder Construction worker Short film
2000 Dish Dogs Shane
2013 Maniac Deli Owner Short film
2014 Straight The Dealer Short film
2015 The Warriors: Last Subway Ride Home Cochise Video
2015 James White Joe
2016 Mommy's Box C.C. 'Pop' Nevins
2016 His Dying Wish Walt Harper

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Haywood Patterson Television film
1977 Kojak Bucky Norris Episode: "The Godson"
1977 Secret Service Jonas Television film
1979 The White Shadow Rollo Episode: "Needle"
1980 Death Penalty Claudell Television film
1980 Attica T.J. Television film
1982 Benny's Place Ricky T Television film
1984–1986 Hill Street Blues Darnell Karns/Bumphus 2 episodes
1985 Badge of the Assassin Lester Bertram Day Television film
1985 North and South Priam Television miniseries
1986 MacGyver Luther Episode: "Final Approach"
1987 Vietnam War Story Harris Episode: "Home"
1988 Crime Story Henchman 2 episodes
1988 In the Heat of the Night Willy Jones 2 episodes
1988 Simon & Simon Travis Reese Episode: "Little Boy Dead"
1989 The Equalizer Hammer Episode: "Suicide Squad"
1990 Cop Rock Nelson Pine Episode: "Pilot"
1991 Equal Justice Antoine Adams Episode: "End Game"
1992–2001 NYPD Blue Officer Donny Simmons 10 episodes
1993 Father & Son: Dangerous Relations Mario Television film
1994 In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance Television film
1995 Favorite Deadly Sins Robber #1 Television film
1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Det. Artie Ushry Episode: "Halloween"
1997 Profiler Det. Marcel Roubidoux Episode: "It Cuts Both Ways"
1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Colonel LaCombe Episode: "Soldiers of Misfortune"
1999 Martial Law Arthur Episode: "Captive Hearts"
2000 Any Day Now Episode: "Homegirl"
2000 ER Fulton's Son Episode: "Loose Ends"
2001 18 Wheels of Justice Det. Lamont Episode: "Crossing the Line"
2001 Philly Man #3 Episode: "Loving Sons"
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Warden Episode: "Justice Denied"
2014 Elementary Custodian Episode: "The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction"
2018 Instinct Building Super Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
2019 First Wives Club Uncle Bepop Episode: "Vengeance"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Warriors Cochise
gollark: What's a MCHF?
gollark: I²*S*, and maybe, but probably don't do it too often without good filters.
gollark: Apparently the "RMT" (remote control interface) thing it has might be helpful: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/peripherals/rmt.html
gollark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiRkpgwVKY (with an ESP8266 though).
gollark: I think I read that the ESP32's I²S hardware could do something vaguely PWM-like up to 80MHz.

References
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