Hal Patrick Riney (July 17, 1932 – March 24, 2008) was an American advertising executive.

[2] After serving two years in the United States Army doing public relations in Italy, he joined BBDO San Francisco, moving from the mail room to head art director and finally creative director in 1968.

[3] In 1970, he hired Paul Williams to write a song for a Crocker Bank commercial, which was later recorded by The Carpenters and became the hit "We've Only Just Begun".

In 1976 he joined Ogilvy & Mather, building their West Coast office from scratch.

In 1984, Riney created and did voiceover for the noted "Morning in America" and "Bear in the Woods" television commercials for the successful Ronald Reagan 1984 Presidential re-election campaign.