Erik MacArthur: Erik MacArthur. Actor: We Were Soldiers. Erik MacArthur was born in Hawaii on October 15 1976. At the age of fourteen, his parents sent him to a prep school in Ojai, California. That year a casting director found him at school to screen test for the John Hughes picture Dutch starring Ed O'Neill. He did not get the part but ended up with an agent from the test, who got...
