Known For: Acting
Born: December 30, 1938
Place of Birth: Manchester, England, UK

Paul Ditchfield

Paul Carter Ditchfield is an English-born South African actor, musician, and entertainer best known as one of the founding members of the comedy music group The Bat's. Paul is a prolific songwriter who plays keyboards and bass, and he formed The Bats pop group in 1964 with Eddie Eckstein, the late Barry Jarman and the late Jimmy Dunning. The Bats' first single record - All I Got - made No. 1 on the South African charts. When The Bats played in England and Germany, they made it to No. 8 on the Radio London charts with their own composition, Listen To My Heart. While Paul was in London, he played bass on Eddie Grant's Baby Come Back and some other hits of Eddie Grant's group The Equals. When the The Bats temporarily disbanded in 1980, Paul became a movie and stage actor, and TV presenter. He did live to air presenting, was a talk show host, game show host, and hosted numerous music speci…