The Hogan Family star Jeremy Licht is a dad for the first time - his wife Kimberly Wallis Licht gave birth to a baby girl on New Year's Eve.

The couple welcomed Jordan Zoey Licht into the world five and a half weeks early at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - 61 minutes before clocks struck midnight.

And they were forced to cancel a New Year's Eve party to head to the delivery room when actress Wallis Licht's waters broke.

The former child star tells People, "We were planning to go to a New Year's Eve party when my wife started having contractions. I'm thrilled, shocked that it was this soon, but thrilled."

He added: "Everybody's healthy, and it really was an incredible experience".