Bernard Mellor (8 November 1917 – 28 January 1998) was a British academic active in Hong Kong and Macau.

Born in Blackpool, England he studied literature at Merton College of the University of Oxford, where he was mentored by Edmund Blunden.

In 1944, he was stationed as an intelligence agent in Kunming, China, where he worked in deception campaigns alongside Peter Fleming.

The son of a local brewer, he initially sought to become a concert pianist as a youth, but was persuaded by his father to instead pursue academia.

During his time at Oxford, he served as editor of the Cherwell student newspaper, alongside the paper's political correspondent, Edward Heath.

While serving in an anti-aircraft unit during the Blitz, he wrote his first published work, a military cookbook entitled Ration Cooking for Small Detachments.

He was commissioned as an intelligence agent in the 3rd Madras Regiment of the British Indian Army from 1942 to 1944, and designed an official uniform for the unit.

[4] Mellor traveled to Hong Kong in October 1945, shortly after its liberation, where he served as the assistant director of education for the Civil Affairs Administration for a portion of 1945 to 1946.