Stanley Bergerman; Produced Classic Films

Stanley Bergerman, 94, producer of classic 1930s horror films and agent for such actors as Rudy Vallee and Alan Ladd. Born in Pueblo, Colo., Bergerman grew up in San Diego and later worked as a merchandise manager for the May Co. in Los Angeles. He married into show business when he became the husband of Rosabelle Laemmle, daughter of Universal founder Carl Laemmle. Among the pictures Bergerman produced were sports documentaries featuring such stars as Babe Ruth, “The Mummy,” “The Werewolf of London” and a musical, “Moonlight and Pretzels,” starring Bill Frawley. Bergerman later worked as a talent agent, and for the last 40 years had been in commercial real estate focusing on Hollywood. During the Holocaust, Bergerman helped form the Refugee Resettlement Committee to move Jews fleeing the Nazis to the United States. Known throughout his life for his charitable fund-raising, he aided the United Way, the American Red Cross, the Jewish Home for the Aging, the Los Angeles chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Motion Picture and Television Fund and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. On Monday in Los Angeles of cancer.

Beryl Bryden; Recorded ‘Rock Island Line’

Beryl Bryden, 78, British jazz and blues singer who recorded the 1954 hit “Rock Island Line.” A Norwich, England, shorthand typist before starting her music career, Bryden began singing with the amateur Cambridge Jazz Club and by the late 1940s was performing with the traditional British jazz bands of George Webb, Freddy Randall and Alex Welsh. From the 1950s on, Bryden recorded more than 100 songs, with “Rock Island Line” selling 2 million copies. Her work earned her the accolade from jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald as “Britain’s queen of the blues.” On Tuesday in London of cancer.

Alfred Caldwell; Outspoken Architect, Author

Alfred Caldwell, 95, Prairie School-style landscape architect, architect and educator. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Caldwell spent most of his eclectic and controversial career in Chicago. His design of the Lily Pool at Lincoln Park there impressed fabled architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who immigrated to Chicago to found the architectural school at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Van der Rohe took Caldwell under his wing, granted him degrees and hired him to teach and illustrate books on city planning. The fiery Caldwell resigned as professor in 1960 in protest of Van der Rohe’s dismissal as architect of the campus. Caldwell then worked for several years in the Chicago Department of City Planning. In the early 1970s, Caldwell taught design at USC. He also designed the landscaping for Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. A poet and a philosopher who wrote widely, Caldwell returned to the Illinois campus at age 78 as the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe professor of architecture and taught there until his death. On July 3 in Bristol, Wis.

Paul Chow; San Francisco Preservationist

Paul Chow, 69, who helped preserve and restore Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Chow, who was born in San Francisco and educated at UC Berkeley, was a transportation engineer who volunteered his time for 25 years to preserve the Angel Island Immigration Station. The island was the processing center for more than 1 million immigrants from Asia from 1910 until it was closed in 1940. During World War II, the facility housed Italian and German prisoners of war, and after the war it was abandoned. Chow led the effort to establish an Angel Island Immigration Station Historical Advisory Committee in 1974 and founded a nonprofit organization to continue the restoration efforts in 1983. On May 16, largely due to his work, the Interior Department designated the site as a National Historic Landmark. On June 30 in San Francisco of liver disease.

Michael D. Haller; Movie Production Designer

Michael D. Haller, 60, motion picture production designer for such films as “Coming Home” and “The Crossing Guard.” A native of Los Angeles, Haller graduated from what was then the Chouinard Art Institute and served in the Navy. After working in television commercials, he embarked on a 30-year career heading the location selection, set design, placement of actors and other design elements for major motion pictures. Among his credits are “THX 1138,” starring Robert Duvall in 1970; “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” starring Cicely Tison in 1974; “Coming Home” with Jane Fonda and Jon Voight” in 1978; “Being There” with Peter Sellers in 1979; Sean Penn’s “The Indian Runner” in 1991; and “The Crossing Guard,” starring Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston, in 1995. On Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer.