As an actor, he appeared in Channel 4’s 1991 series GBH, Mean Machine, and Formula 51.

Abraham was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and said he was receiving palliative care in July.

He urged people to test for cancer early rather than wait until it was too late.

Abraham was born in Liverpool’s Toxteth district. During four decades of acting on stage and screen, he began at the Everyman Youth Theatre in the 1980s.

In Guy Ritchie’s 1998 gangster film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, he played Dean.

Additionally, until January of this year, he starred in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime at the Royal Court in Liverpool.

Kevin Fearon, executive director of Royal Court Theatre, said he would appear in the cast this year and “the show will be dedicated to him”. During an interview with the Liverpool Echo in July, Abraham said he had been feeling unwell for some time but had left it “too late” to seek medical attention. Other parts of his body had been affected by his cancer.

Before going into palliative care, the actor was receiving radiotherapy.

According to his statement in July, “I think most men have the attitude of ‘oh, I’ll deal with it’. However, now that I’m palliative, there is nothing they can do for me – I’ve just got it now and will have to wait for the end.”

PSA tests can help detect prostate cancer in men, according to the NHS.