Bob Baker

Robert Alison "Bob" Baker III is a puppeteer and marionette maker. In, he supplied the movement for Hikaru Sulu's animated plant, Beauregard.

Baker is the owner of Bob Baker Marionettes, a marionette theater company. Although this is where his primary work lies, he has done puppeteer work for other Hollywood projects, including a 1959 episode of Hawaiian Eye and the 1961 film Susan Slade (with John A. Alonzo). He was also responsible for the monster model used in the classic science fiction/horror movie Monster from the Ocean Floor, produced by. He also performed marionettes for the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues.