What’s the president doing . . . C.J.’s story and the Nazi art . . .” Oh right, C.J.’s story and the Nazi art. This narrative thread gave West Wing viewers an amusing and close-up look at the late British actor Paxton Whitehead. Matching C.J. for smarts, height, and laudable posture, the splendid actor’s Bernard Thatch was a White House staffer who split his time between the Visitors Office and the Gifts Unit. An actor

