Warren S. Magwood; Former Actor, Times Advertising Manager

Warren S. “Phil” Magwood, 83, former actor and retail advertising manager for The Times and the Los Angeles Mirror. Magwood, a native of Oregon, came to Los Angeles in the late 1930s under an acting contract with Paramount Pictures, appearing in more than 50 films, many of them under the stage name of Phil Warren. He began working for the Mirror in 1948, switching to The Times in 1962 when the Mirror ceased publication. Magwood retired in 1980, but remained active as a newspaper advertising sales trainer. He is survived by his wife, Bette, and two sons. On Sunday in Laguna Niguel.

Alicia Parla; “Queen of the Rhumba”

Alicia Parla, 84, onetime “Queen of the Rhumba,” who gave a dance lesson to Edward, Prince of Wales. Born to a genteel Cuban family, Parla shocked her parents in the early 1930s when she landed a job in New York as a rhumba dancer with the troupe of Cuban bandleader Don Modesto Azpiazu. The rhumba craze--and Parla--swept through Europe, and within a few years she numbered among her friends author Ernest Hemingway, entertainer Josephine Baker and columnist Walter Winchell, who referred to her as “that lovely Havana torso flipper.” Parla retired before World War II to become a housewife, later working as an administrative assistant in a Miami hospital. On Tuesday in Miami.

Rudy Tham; Teamsters Official Convicted of Embezzlement

Rudy Tham, 75, a San Francisco Teamsters Union official convicted of embezzlement of union funds and conspiracy and obstruction of justice for his illicit attempts to get the embezzlement conviction reversed. Tham, a successful amateur welterweight boxer who was in the merchant marine during World War II, joined the Teamsters as an organizer in 1946 and rose rapidly through the union’s ranks, eventually serving as the secretary-treasurer of Freight Checkers Local 856 in San Francisco. A 1972 extortion charge against him ultimately was dismissed, but in 1982, after an investigation of alleged kickbacks from hotels, he was convicted of embezzlement. An investigation of his attempts to reverse the embezzlement conviction led to his conviction on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges in a case that led to the downfall of U.S. District Judge Robert Aguilar in 1991. Tham is survived by his wife, Evelyn, two sons and a daughter. On Monday in San Francisco.

Roger Vivier; Shoe Designer Created the Stiletto Heel

Roger Vivier, 90, the shoe designer who created the stiletto heel and clad the feet of movie stars and royalty. Vivier opened his first workshop in 1937, designing for Bally and Elsa Schiaparelli. During his 60-year career he also worked for Christian Dior, Nina Ricci, Pierre Balmain, Guy Laroche and Yves Saint-Laurent. His clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II wore a pair of Vivier’s gold, kid-leather shoes encrusted with garnets at her 1953 coronation, the French newspaper Le Monde said in reporting his death. Vivier is survived by his companion, Gerard Benoit-Vivier, whom he adopted. On Oct. 2 in Toulouse, France.

Bruce Williamson; Film Critic, Editor for Playboy Magazine

Bruce Williamson, 71, who until his retirement in June had been the film critic and a contributing editor at Playboy Magazine for more than 31 years. Williamson studied acting in the early 1950s before turning to film criticism. He worked for Time magazine in the early ‘60s, then briefly for Life, before moving to Playboy in 1968. Besides his monthly column, Williamson also wrote a variety of movie-related articles for Playboy. He is survived by his partner and companion of 27 years, Shirley Sealy; a daughter from his only marriage; two grandsons and two sisters. On Tuesday in New York City of cancer.