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David Harris 
Harris at the Big Apple Summer Sizzler in Manhattan, June 13, 2009.Born 23 May 1959
New York City, New York, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1976–2001 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.
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. His last film and television roles were both in 2001, but he lent his voice to The Warriors video game in 2005, reprising his role as Cochise.
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Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes 1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Haywood Patterson TV film 1976 Secret Service Jonas TV film 1979 The Warriors Cochise 1980 Brubaker Duane Spivey 1980 Death Penalty Claudell TV film 1980 Attica T.J. TV film 1982 Benny's Place Ricky T TV film 1984 Purple Hearts Hanes 1984 A Soldier's Story Pvt. Smalls 1985 Badge of the Assassin Lester Bertram Day TV film 1986 Quicksilver Apache 1986 Fire with Fire Ben Halsey 1987 Under Cover Lucas 1987 Fatal Beauty Raphael 1990 Operation Warzone Col. Harker 1993 Father & Son: Dangerous Relations Mario TV film 1994 In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance TV film 1995 Favorite Deadly Sins Robber #1 TV film 1997 Black Scorpion II: Aftershock Heckler 1997 Form, Space & Murder Construction worker 2000 Dish Dogs Shane Television
Year Show Role Notes 1977 Kojak Bucky Norris 1 episode 1979 The White Shadow Rollo 1 episode 1984–1986 Hill Street Blues Darnell Karns/Bumphus 2 episodes 1985 North and South Priam Miniseries 1986 McGyver Luther 1 episode 1987 Vietnam War Story Harris 1 episode 1988 Crime Story 1 episode 1988 In the Heat of the Night Willy Jones 2 episodes 1988 Simon & Simon Travis Reese 1 episode 1989 The Equalizer Hammer 1 episode 1990 Cop Rock Nelson Pine 1 episode 1992–2001 NYPD Blue Officer Donny Simmons 10 episodes 1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Det. Artie Ushry 1 episode 1997 Profiler Det. Marcel Roubidoux 1 episode 1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Colonel LaCombe 1 episode 1999 Martial Law Arthur 1 episode 2000 Any Day Now 1 episode 2000 ER Fulton's Son 1 episode 2001 Philly Man #3 1 episode Video games
Year Game Role Notes 2005 The Warriors Cochise Voice External links
- David Harris at the Internet Movie Database
- David Harris at AllRovi
Categories:- 1959 births
- Actors from New York City
- African American film actors
- African American television actors
- Living people
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