Vladimír Šmeral (16 October 1903, in Drásov – 15 March 1982, in Prague) was a Czech actor.

Šmeral started acting in Zemské divadlo in Brno.

His wife was Jewish, but he refused to divorce her in order to protect her during the World War II.

Šméral managed to escape from the camp and Mandlová help to hide him in a hospital.

After the war he was active in many National Front organizations, as a member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.