Puppeteer

The Puppeteer aliens in Larry Niven's Known Space sci-fi franchise secretly manipulate the human gene pool for the quality of luck.

The Puppeteer aliens in Larry Niven's sci-fi franchise of Known Space are not of humanoid shape, but have three legs, a body, and two long necks, at the end of which is one head each with a mouth with finger lips.

Tom should have been a puppeteer. Whenever he brings the cuddly toys to life, it delights not only his children, but also his wife Mary.

Miguel is a town puppeteer.

A Chinese puppeteer entertains the crowd with the antics of his monkey on a bicycle at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington.